

The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Dorset (England) |
| Gridref: | SY540973 |
| Year established: | 1992 |
| Number of sections: | |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 1800 |
| Width (m): | Unknown |
| Broad habitat: | Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) neutral grassland |
Species list...
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 46 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 4 | .5 | more | ||
| Ringlet | Decreasing | 260 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | ? | 0 | .88 | more | ||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Stable | 47 | more | |||
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Stable | 4 | .3 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | ? | 0 | .60 | more | ||
| Green Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .36 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | ? | 0 | .19 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 7 | .1 | more | ||
| Clouded Yellow | ? | 1 | .7 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | ? | 1 | .6 | more | ||
| Marsh Fritillary | Stable | * | 1 | .3 | more | |
| Brimstone | Stable | 6 | .7 | more | ||
| Wood White | Stable | 9 | .9 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | 3 | .2 | more | ||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 220 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Decreasing | 430 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Decreasing | 110 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 92 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Decreasing | 50 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 140 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 1 | .1 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 23 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Increasing | 17 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 34 | more | |||
| Comma | Increasing | 2 | .5 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 50 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Stable | 4 | .2 | more | ||
| Purple Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .84 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | Decreasing | 94 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 32 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 8 | .8 | 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.