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Pewsey Down
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Wiltshire (England) |
| Gridref: | SU1163 |
| Year established: | 1979 |
| Number of sections: | 6 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 2017 |
| Width (m): | Unknown |
| Broad habitat: | Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 4 | .8 | more | ||
| Ringlet | Stable | 58 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | Stable | 3 | .1 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 47 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 11 | more | |||
| Holly Blue | Increasing | 0 | .60 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Decreasing | 130 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | Increasing | 1 | .7 | more | ||
| Small Blue | Stable | 13 | more | |||
| Dingy Skipper | Decreasing | 29 | more | |||
| Marsh Fritillary | Stable | 4 | .0 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 8 | .1 | more | ||
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | ? | 0 | .20 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | 16 | more | |||
| Adonis Blue | Increasing | 3 | .7 | more | ||
| Chalk-hill Blue | Decreasing | 200 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 960 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown | Stable | 28 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Stable | 160 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 40 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Decreasing | 43 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 22 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 18 | more | |||
| Large White | Stable | 45 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 67 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 98 | more | |||
| Comma | Increasing | 1 | .2 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 220 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | ? | 0 | .21 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | ? | 26 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 9 | .1 | more | ||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 7 | .0 | more | ||
| Small/Essex Skipper | Decreasing | 62 | 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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