Alners Gorse

Map of  Alners Gorse

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


County:Dorset (England)
Gridref:ST736100
Year established:2005
Number of sections:9
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):1727
Width (m):10
Broad habitat:Seasonally wet and wet marshy grasslands
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?10more
Orange Tip?1.0more
Ringlet?400more
Silver-washed Fritillary?150more
Marsh Fritillary?1.0more
Brimstone?45more
White Admiral?49more
Meadow Brown?930more
Marbled White?240more
Peacock?26more
Large Skipper?110more
Speckled Wood?290more
Small White?56more
Comma?48more
White-letter Hairstreak?23more
Painted Lady?13more

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.

Links to counts
2006

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