Blackdown Common New

Map of  Blackdown Common New

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


County:Devon (England)
Gridref:ST112154
Year established:2001
Number of sections:2
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):700
Width (m):10
Broad habitat:Wet and dry heathland/ dry heather moorland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Orange Tip?0.82more
Ringlet?2.3more
Green Hairstreak?1.8more
Holly Blue?1.2more
Small Heath?19more
Grayling?1.3more
Brimstone?0.26more
Small Copper?0.73more
Meadow Brown?19more
Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown?78more
Marbled White?0.59more
Peacock?5.9more
Large Skipper?2.5more
Speckled Wood?22more
Large White?7.8more
Green-veined White?5.0more
Small White?1.9more
Comma?1.2more
Purple Hairstreak?0.26more
Small Skipper?1.8more
Red Admiral?4.3more
Painted Lady?4.2more
Small/Essex Skipper?1.8more

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
2002, 2003

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