Portland, High Angle Battery

Map of  Portland, High Angle Battery

The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.


County:Dorset (England)
Gridref:SY695735
Year established:1995
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):1150
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?15more
Ringlet?16more
Small Heath?120more
Small Blue?37more
Dingy Skipper?36more
Grayling?9.0more
Small Copper?29more
Adonis Blue?18more
Chalk-hill Blue?440more
Meadow Brown?620more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?4.0more
Marbled White?130more
Large Skipper?58more
Speckled Wood?5.0more
Wall Brown?26more
Large White?18more
Small White?64more
Silver-studded Blue?20more
Common Blue?96more
Small Skipper?62more
Painted Lady?4.0more

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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