St Cyrus

Map of  St Cyrus

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


County:Grampian (Scotland)
Gridref:NO7467
Year established:1979
Number of sections:15
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):3423
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Coastal dune grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Northern Brown Argus?3.5more
Small Heath?41more
Grayling?20more
Small Copper?17more
Meadow Brown?130more
Large White?2.6more
Green-veined White?140more
Common Blue?19more
Red Admiral?0.72more
Painted Lady?0.25more

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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