Court Farm, Sydling St Nicholas

Map of  Court Farm, Sydling St Nicholas

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


County:Dorset (England)
Gridref:SY630990
Year established:1993
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):Unknown
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?37more
Orange Tip?0.73more
Ringlet?2.2more
Brown Argus?6.4more
Green Hairstreak?1.4more
Small Heath?53more
Clouded Yellow?2.5more
Small Blue?0.41more
Dingy Skipper?2.5more
Brimstone?1.0more
Small Copper?3.1more
Adonis Blue?10more
Chalk-hill Blue?27more
Meadow Brown?990more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?28more
Marbled White?37more
Peacock?6.1more
Large Skipper?0.73more
Wall Brown?1.2more
Large White?6.2more
Green-veined White?3.9more
Small White?16more
Common Blue?140more
Grizzled Skipper?3.5more
Small Skipper?10more
Red Admiral?8.5more
Painted Lady?29more

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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