West Sedgemoor

Map of  West Sedgemoor

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


County:Somerset (England)
Gridref:ST347244
Year established:1993
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):3002
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Seasonally wet and wet marshy grasslands
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?38more
Orange Tip?11more
Ringlet?270more
Silver-washed Fritillary?7.3more
Brown Argus?56more
Small Heath?7.5more
Clouded Yellow?1.6more
Brimstone?15more
Small Copper?35more
Meadow Brown?2200more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?770more
Marbled White?350more
Peacock?32more
Large Skipper?37more
Speckled WoodStable91more
Large White?47more
Green-veined White?120more
Small White?74more
Comma?6.9more
Common Blue?54more
White-letter Hairstreak?3.0more
Purple Hairstreak?0.86more
Small Skipper?40more
Red Admiral?27more
Painted Lady?18more

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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