Barbury Castle

Map of  Barbury Castle

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


County:Swindon (England)
Gridref:SU17
Year established:0
Number of sections:6
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):1000
Width (m):0
Broad habitat:Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Ringlet?500more
Dark Green Fritillary?1.2more
Brown Argus?88more
Green Hairstreak?1.2more
Small Heath?360more
Clouded Yellow?1.4more
Small Blue?12more
Dingy Skipper?2.2more
Marsh Fritillary?260more
Brimstone?5.3more
Small Copper?100more
Adonis Blue?330more
Chalk-hill Blue?140more
Meadow Brown?2400more
Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown?410more
Marbled White?650more
Peacock?80more
Large Skipper?180more
Speckled Wood?2.0more
Wall Brown?0.73more
Large White?84more
Green-veined White?48more
Small White?41more
Comma?1.6more
Common Blue?290more
Small Skipper?28more
Red Admiral?39more
Painted Lady?33more
Small/Essex Skipper?490more

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, 2008

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