Brodick Country Park

Map of  Brodick Country Park

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


County:Strathclyde (Scotland)
Gridref:NS019382
Year established:1995
Number of sections:13
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):1801
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) neutral grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Orange Tip?7.7more
Scotch Argus?0.82more
Small Copper?2.0more
Meadow Brown?41more
Peacock?37more
Speckled Wood?0.73more
Large White?4.9more
Green-veined White?65more
Small White?25more
Common Blue?0.73more
Red Admiral?4.6more
Painted Lady?12more

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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