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Cheddar Cliffs
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Somerset (England) |
| Gridref: | ST475545 |
| Year established: | 1996 |
| Number of sections: | 8 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 1622 |
| Width (m): | 5 |
| Broad habitat: | Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Orange Tip | ? | 11 | more | |||
| Ringlet | ? | 34 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | ? | 6 | .2 | more | ||
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | ? | 0 | .41 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | ? | 14 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .26 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 56 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | ? | 0 | .61 | more | ||
| Grayling | ? | 38 | more | |||
| Brimstone | Stable | 6 | .3 | more | ||
| Small Copper | ? | 1 | .2 | more | ||
| Meadow Brown | ? | 200 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown | ? | 100 | more | |||
| Marbled White | ? | 130 | more | |||
| Peacock | ? | 3 | .4 | more | ||
| Large Skipper | ? | 2 | .5 | more | ||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 7 | .4 | more | ||
| Wall Brown | ? | 23 | more | |||
| Large White | ? | 67 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | ? | 0 | .62 | more | ||
| Small White | ? | 14 | more | |||
| Common Blue | ? | 60 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | ? | 0 | .25 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | ? | 25 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 2 | .3 | more | ||
| Painted Lady | ? | 2 | .5 | more | ||
| Small/Essex Skipper | ? | 25 | 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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