Alners Gorse

Map of  Alners Gorse

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


County:Dorset (England)
Gridref:ST736100
Year established:2005
Number of sections:9
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):1727
Width (m):10
Broad habitat:Seasonally wet and wet marshy grasslands
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Orange Tip?4.8more
Ringlet?320more
Silver-washed Fritillary?64more
Holly Blue?7.0more
Clouded Yellow?1.0more
Dingy Skipper?1.0more
Marsh Fritillary?0.41more
Brimstone?53more
White Admiral?30more
Small Copper?9.0more
Meadow Brown?1200more
Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown?280more
Marbled White?200more
Peacock?30more
Large Skipper?88more
Speckled Wood?200more
Large White?17more
Green-veined White?33more
Small White?38more
Comma?39more
Common Blue?5.0more
Grizzled Skipper?2.0more
White-letter Hairstreak?3.9more
Purple Hairstreak?3.0more
Small Skipper?160more
Red Admiral?17more
Painted Lady?9.6more
Brown Hairstreak?2.0more

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
2005, 2006, 2007

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