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Fontmell Down (new)
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Dorset (England) |
| Gridref: | ST8817 |
| Year established: | 1997 |
| Number of sections: | 14 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 3809 |
| Width (m): | 5 |
| 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 | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 32 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 16 | more | |||
| Ringlet | Increasing | 51 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | Stable | 8 | .9 | more | ||
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary | ? | 0 | .12 | more | ||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Increasing | 1 | .4 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 30 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 15 | more | |||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 5 | .2 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 310 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | Stable | 9 | .8 | more | ||
| Small Blue | ? | 1 | .1 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | Increasing | 50 | more | |||
| Marsh Fritillary | Stable | 0 | .34 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 120 | more | |||
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | Decreasing | 2 | .6 | more | ||
| Silver-spotted Skipper | Decreasing | 12 | more | |||
| Small Copper | Stable | 16 | more | |||
| Adonis Blue | Increasing | 270 | more | |||
| Chalk-hill Blue | Decreasing | 330 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 2400 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Stable | 180 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Stable | 220 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 65 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 17 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 76 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 1 | .3 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 52 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 41 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 93 | more | |||
| Comma | Stable | 6 | .2 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 380 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Stable | 56 | more | |||
| Small Skipper | ? | 75 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 24 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 12 | 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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