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Malvern Hills South
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Hereford and Worcester (England) |
| Gridref: | SO760382 |
| Year established: | 1987 |
| Number of sections: | 15 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 3150 |
| Width (m): | 5 |
| Broad habitat: | Bracken dominated glades or hillsides |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 3 | .8 | more | ||
| Ringlet | Increasing | 53 | more | |||
| High Brown Fritillary | Decreasing | 19 | more | |||
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Decreasing | 4 | .1 | more | ||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Stable | 2 | .5 | more | ||
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Decreasing | 6 | .0 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | ? | 0 | .13 | more | ||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 0 | .66 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 1 | .6 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 9 | .9 | more | ||
| Grayling | ? | 0 | .31 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 2 | .2 | more | ||
| White Admiral | Stable | 0 | .42 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | 15 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 120 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown | Increasing | 270 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Stable | * | 2 | .6 | more | |
| Peacock | Stable | 23 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 13 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Decreasing | 48 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Decreasing | 1 | .4 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 20 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Increasing | 49 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 7 | .6 | more | ||
| Comma | Stable | 3 | .2 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Decreasing | 4 | .0 | more | ||
| White-letter Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .26 | more | ||
| Purple Hairstreak | Stable | 1 | .1 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | Decreasing | 23 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 2 | .7 | more | ||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 1 | .0 | more | ||
| Small/Essex Skipper | Decreasing | 23 | 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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