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Potton Wood
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Bedfordshire (England) |
| Gridref: | TL2550 |
| Year established: | 1976 |
| Number of sections: | 9 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 3960 |
| Width (m): | Unknown |
| Broad habitat: | Mature mixed broadleaved and coniferous woodland |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 21 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Decreasing | 26 | more | |||
| Ringlet | Stable | 380 | more | |||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | ? | 0 | .090 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Increasing | Colonised in 1995 | 2 | .8 | more | |
| Holly Blue | Stable | 2 | .6 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Decreasing | 1 | .4 | more | ||
| Clouded Yellow | Increasing | 0 | .21 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 70 | more | |||
| Wood White | ? | 0 | .040 | more | ||
| White Admiral | ? | 0 | .050 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | Extinct in 1999 | 1 | .2 | more | |
| Chalk-hill Blue | ? | 0 | .030 | more | ||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 520 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Decreasing | 130 | more | |||
| Marbled White | ? | 0 | .050 | more | ||
| Peacock | Increasing | 340 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 65 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Increasing | Colonised in 1986 | 23 | more | ||
| Wall Brown | Decreasing | Extinct in 2000 | 4 | .1 | more | |
| Large White | Increasing | 130 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 530 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 170 | more | |||
| Comma | Increasing | 27 | more | |||
| Common Blue | Stable | 6 | .9 | more | ||
| White-letter Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .10 | more | ||
| Purple Hairstreak | Increasing | Colonised in 1999 | 0 | .44 | more | |
| Small Skipper | ? | 18 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Increasing | 19 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Increasing | 7 | .7 | 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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