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Melbury Down & Wood
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Dorset (England) |
| Gridref: | ST910195 |
| Year established: | 1996 |
| Number of sections: | |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 2480 |
| Width (m): | Unknown |
| Broad habitat: | Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 45 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Increasing | 9 | .6 | more | ||
| Ringlet | Stable | 250 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | Stable | 110 | more | |||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Stable | 1 | .1 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 2 | .8 | more | ||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 4 | .9 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 2 | .4 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 140 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | ? | 1 | .1 | more | ||
| Small Blue | Increasing | 10 | more | |||
| Dingy Skipper | Increasing | 27 | more | |||
| Grayling | ? | 0 | .12 | more | ||
| Marsh Fritillary | Stable | 12 | more | |||
| Brimstone | Stable | 50 | more | |||
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | ? | 1 | .4 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | 9 | .8 | more | ||
| Adonis Blue | Stable | 75 | more | |||
| Chalk-hill Blue | Decreasing | 25 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 610 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Stable | * | 230 | more | ||
| Marbled White | Stable | 110 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 120 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 29 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Increasing | 130 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | ? | 0 | .88 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 75 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 83 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 110 | more | |||
| Comma | Increasing | 7 | .9 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 45 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Increasing | 2 | .6 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | Stable | 71 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 100 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 7 | .0 | more | ||
This table shows the species that have been recorded on this site. Where sufficient data is available, trends in abundance are assessed and colonisation/extinction events are identified. Species are marked as 'asynchronous' when their trends on this site are markedly different from the national trend. Click on 'more' to see a plot of abundance through time for each species. See green question mark above for more details.
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