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Wyre Forest
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Hereford and Worcester (England) |
| Gridref: | SO7576 |
| Year established: | 1979 |
| Number of sections: | 15 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 2720 |
| Width (m): | 5 |
| 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 | 9 | .2 | more | ||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 15 | more | |||
| Ringlet | Stable | 200 | more | |||
| High Brown Fritillary | Decreasing | Extinct in 1988 | * | 1 | .1 | more |
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Decreasing | 61 | more | |||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Stable | 120 | more | |||
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Stable | 16 | more | |||
| Brown Argus | ? | 0 | .26 | more | ||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | Colonised in 1997 | 0 | .33 | more | |
| Holly Blue | Stable | Colonised in 2002 | 0 | .40 | more | |
| Small Heath | Decreasing | Extinct in 1993 | 2 | .8 | more | |
| Clouded Yellow | ? | 0 | .18 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | Decreasing | 0 | .56 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 26 | more | |||
| Wood White | ? | Extinct in 1983 | 0 | .35 | more | |
| White Admiral | Increasing | Colonised in 1994 | * | 0 | .49 | more |
| Small Copper | Decreasing | 3 | .7 | more | ||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 190 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Stable | 98 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 38 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 27 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 66 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Decreasing | Extinct in 1984 | 0 | .38 | more | |
| Large White | Stable | 16 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Increasing | 56 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 20 | more | |||
| Comma | Stable | 14 | more | |||
| Common Blue | Decreasing | 13 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | ? | 0 | .10 | more | ||
| White-letter Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .050 | more | ||
| Purple Hairstreak | Stable | Extinct in 1996 | 0 | .88 | more | |
| Small Skipper | Decreasing | 91 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Increasing | Colonised in 1988 | 1 | .4 | more | |
| Painted Lady | Increasing | 1 | .4 | 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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