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Leighton Moss
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Lancashire (England) |
| Gridref: | SD4875 |
| Year established: | 1977 |
| Number of sections: | 15 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 5922 |
| Width (m): | Unknown |
| Broad habitat: | Inland swamp/fen stands without open water (e.g. reed and sedgebeds) |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 160 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 85 | more | |||
| High Brown Fritillary | Stable | 54 | more | |||
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Stable | 38 | more | |||
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Decreasing | 24 | more | |||
| Northern Brown Argus | Stable | 74 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 3 | .8 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | ? | 3 | .7 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Decreasing | 68 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | ? | 0 | .44 | more | ||
| Scotch Argus | ? | 0 | .080 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | Stable | 14 | more | |||
| Grayling | Decreasing | 2 | .0 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 42 | more | |||
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | ? | 0 | .19 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Decreasing | * | 3 | .2 | more | |
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 550 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | ? | 0 | .070 | more | ||
| Peacock | Stable | 230 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Decreasing | 14 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Increasing | 2 | .5 | more | ||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 22 | more | |||
| Large White | Decreasing | 44 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Decreasing | 730 | more | |||
| Small White | Decreasing | 33 | more | |||
| Comma | Increasing | 2 | .6 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 16 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | ? | 0 | .15 | more | ||
| Purple Hairstreak | Decreasing | 6 | .3 | more | ||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 35 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 7 | .0 | 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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