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Oxwich
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | West Glamorgan (Wales) |
| Gridref: | SS4986 |
| Year established: | 1976 |
| Number of sections: | 13 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 4020 |
| Width (m): | 5 |
| Broad habitat: | Coastal dune grassland |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 13 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Increasing | 26 | more | |||
| Ringlet | Increasing | 17 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | Decreasing | * | 1 | .2 | more | |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Decreasing | 1 | .9 | more | ||
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | ? | 0 | .040 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 12 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | ? | 1 | .0 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 6 | .2 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | * | 41 | more | ||
| Clouded Yellow | Stable | 2 | .0 | more | ||
| Small Blue | Increasing | Colonised in 1998 | 5 | .0 | more | |
| Dingy Skipper | Stable | 3 | .4 | more | ||
| Grayling | Decreasing | 19 | more | |||
| Brimstone | Stable | 35 | more | |||
| Small Copper | Decreasing | 11 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 630 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Stable | 260 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Increasing | Colonised in 1991 | 4 | .2 | more | |
| Peacock | Stable | * | 40 | more | ||
| Large Skipper | Stable | Colonised in 1994 | 3 | .3 | more | |
| Speckled Wood | Increasing | 94 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 5 | .3 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 48 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 30 | more | |||
| Small White | Decreasing | 35 | more | |||
| Silver-studded Blue | ? | 0 | .030 | more | ||
| Comma | Increasing | Colonised in 1997 | 1 | .5 | more | |
| Common Blue | Stable | 280 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | ? | 0 | .31 | more | ||
| White-letter Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .16 | more | ||
| Purple Hairstreak | Stable | 0 | .63 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | Decreasing | 15 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 17 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 3 | .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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