Cavenham Heath

Map of  Cavenham Heath

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


County:Suffolk (England)
Gridref:TL7672
Year established:2003
Number of sections:10
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):Unknown
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Wet and dry heathland/ dry heather moorland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?59more
Orange Tip?13more
Ringlet?180more
Brown Argus?45more
Green Hairstreak?0.41more
Holly Blue?9.2more
Small Heath?400more
Grayling?22more
Brimstone?26more
Small Copper?490more
Meadow Brown?350more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?150more
Peacock?61more
Large Skipper?51more
Speckled Wood?120more
Large White?27more
Green-veined White?98more
Small White?80more
Comma?15more
Common Blue?27more
Purple Hairstreak?0.41more
Red Admiral?67more
Painted Lady?27more

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.

Links to counts
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

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