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Somerford Common
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Wiltshire (England) |
| Gridref: | SU0286 |
| Year established: | 1991 |
| Number of sections: | 13 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 3249 |
| Width (m): | Unknown |
| 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 | ||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 11 | more | |||
| Ringlet | Stable | 360 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | ? | 0 | .68 | more | ||
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Decreasing | 3 | .1 | more | ||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Increasing | 19 | more | |||
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | ? | 0 | .32 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | ? | 1 | .1 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 3 | .2 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 11 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | ? | 0 | .81 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | Stable | 1 | .2 | more | ||
| Marsh Fritillary | Stable | 3 | .7 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 48 | more | |||
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | Decreasing | 2 | .2 | more | ||
| White Admiral | Stable | 14 | more | |||
| Small Copper | Stable | 30 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 610 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown | Stable | 280 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Stable | 54 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 180 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Increasing | 54 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 150 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | ? | 0 | .14 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 32 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 81 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 26 | more | |||
| Comma | Stable | 26 | more | |||
| Common Blue | Stable | 30 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Stable | 30 | more | |||
| Purple Hairstreak | Increasing | * | 2 | .2 | more | |
| Red Admiral | Stable | 22 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 5 | .4 | more | ||
| Small/Essex Skipper | Decreasing | 130 | more | |||
| Brown Hairstreak | Stable | 0 | .67 | 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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