St. Abb's Head

Map of  St. Abb's Head

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


County:Borders (Scotland)
Gridref:NT9167
Year established:1999
Number of sections:10
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):4068
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
RingletStable380more
Dark Green Fritillary?0.22more
Northern Brown ArgusStable27more
GraylingStable98more
Small CopperStable200more
Meadow BrownStable570more
Peacock?33more
Large White?15more
Green-veined WhiteStable100more
Small White?36more
Common BlueStable77more
Red Admiral?82more
Painted Lady?24more

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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