Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Tower More

…to these habitats Tower More is also an important site for the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly. The species-rich grasslands and wet heaths support large quantities of devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis which is the larval foodplant for the marsh fritillary Euphyd…

Mid Cornwall Moors

…aldellia ranunculoides and allseed Radiola linoides; marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia; assemblage of invertebrates chiefly associated with scrub heath and moorland; populations of the water beetle Hydrochus nitidicollis and the mud snail Omphiscola glabra; breeding w…

Cors Gyfelog

…is scattered through the wetland habitat and for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, the population of which at Cors Gyfelog forms part of a larger population centred on this part of Eifionydd. The site consists of a mosaic of wet poor fen, wet woodland and acid we…

Ardura - Auchnacraig

…tant communities of invertebrates including the rare marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Tertiary Igneous Upland oak woodland Western acidic oak woodland Saltmarsh Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) Otter (Lutra lutra) Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

Marlbank

… Callophrys rubi. Marlbank is also important for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The very rich grasslands and wet heaths in the area support large quantities of devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, which is the larval foodplant for the marsh fritillary Euphyd…

Roeveagh

…including birds and invertebrates. These include the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, which has been recorded for the area. The species-rich grasslands and wet heaths support large quantities of devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis which is the larval foodplant for…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…uella and beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has been recorded on the edge of the common. Other notable insects present include the beetles Chaetarthria seminulum, Chaetocnema confusa, Elaphrus uliginosus, Galeruca tanaceti, L…

Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors

…eteran trees; an assemblage of lichens; and populations of the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and brown hairstreak Thecla betulae butterflies and the dingy mocha moth Cyclophora pendularia. General description The Blackmore Vale Commons and Moors are confined to a small ar…

Mynydd Preseli

…n of the black darter dragonfly Sympetrum danae. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia breeds at Waun Isaf, where scarlet tiger moths Callimorpha dominula are also found. Otters and dippers frequent the larger watercourses. Remarks: The site is registered as common l…

Wallis Moor

…and an important population of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. These communities have developed over poorly drained peaty gleys around the headwaters of Spittal Brook. The low-lying areas contrast with patches of acid grassland together with t…

Cerrig y Gweunydd

…weunydd is of special interest for its population of marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, the caterpillars of which feed on the leaves of the devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, its food plant. The site comprises a series of small fields on the flat peatland immedia…

Cors y Wlad

…ad is a biological site, selected for supporting the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. This butterfly is of international importance and the population at Cors y Wlad appears to be central to a larger population of the species on the Lleyn Peninsula. The site lies ab…

Merthen Wood

…llia ranunculoides and allseed Radiola linoides; • marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia; • assemblage of invertebrates chiefly associated with scrub heath and moorland; • populations of the water beetle Hydrochus nitidicollis, the mud snail Omphiscola glabra and th…

Glen East

…imals, including birds and invertebrates such as the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The very rich grasslands and wet heaths on the south facing hillside support large quantities of devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, which is the larval foodplant for the marsh …

Barle Valley

…ve been recorded in the valley including the nationally scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and nationally vulnerable high Bbrown fritillary Argynnis adippe. This species, in common with three other species of fritillary in the valley use the plentiful supply of violet lea…

Castlemartin Range

…ons. The largest population of the ‘near threatened’ marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia in Pembrokeshire also occurs here. The Castlemartin population is unique in Pembrokeshire, being associated with dry, cliff top grasslands, unlike marsh fritillary populations elsew…

Hod and Hambledon Hills

… butterflies, especially Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, the latter in one of its last surviving chalk colonies.

Thorne and Doves Moors

…mely two flies Spania nigra and Chyliza vittata, the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and tiny beetle Atomaria rubida. Common lizard Lacerta agilis and adder Vipera berus both occur, while the breeding bird population is known to include grasshopper warbler Locustel…

Shapwick Heath

…cuts. The site has interesting butterfly populations including marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and marbled white Melanargia galatheaa. The great diversity of habitats supports at least 64 species of breeding birds including lapwing Vanellus vanellus and snipe Gallinago gallin…

Court Farm, Sydling

…e Polyommatus coridon as well as small blue Cupido minimus and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, both of which are scarce and declining species. The local wood tiger moth Parasemia plantaginis is abundant here.

Pen-y-graig-goch

… the site include lesser butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene. Stands of alder Alnus glutinosa woodland and dense willow Salix spp. scrub occur in the western fields. Remarks: The site lies w…

Cae Cwm-tywyll

…e Alchemilla vulgaris. There is also a colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia.

Bodmin Moor, North

…carce butterfly species silver-studded blue Plebejus argus and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia as well as dark-green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and grayling Hipparchia semele. *These species are list…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…y dominant on seepages. Invertebrates The rare and protected marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia is present at Powerstock in fen meadows containing devil’s-bit scabious and the nationally scarce wood white Leptidea sinapis is present in the woodland and scrub fringing the disus…

Eelmoor Marsh

…s within Eelmoor Marsh SSSI supports a colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia which is one of Britain’s most rapidly declining butterfly species, due to drainage of its former habitats. Eelmoor Marsh SSSI is also important for its population of the silver st…

Rodborough Common

…rflies include Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia. Other insects are also well represented particularly bugs, beetles and moths. Also present is the uncommon snail Abida secale. Geology The old quarry near Rodborough Fort is a cl…

Dowrog Common

…mon is equally important for invertebrates, e.g. the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, the scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula, the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio. Fourteen different dragonfly species…

Esgyrn Bottom

…rows on the edge of the woodland. Butterflies recorded include marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene and green hairstreak Callophrys rubi. Glow worms Lampyris noctiluca also occur, and an extreme…

Coombe Meadow

…re nationally scarce of which are wood white Leptidea sinapis, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and purple hair-streak Favonius quercus. A high number of birds breed with typical woodland species occurring such as tree pipit Anthus tri…

Cefn Blaenau

…ee pipit, yellowhammer and linnet. Three species of fritillary butterfly -marsh Euphydryas aurinia, small pearl-bordered Boloria selene and dark green Argynnis aglaja occur at Cefn Blaenau. The marsh and small pearl-bordered fritillaries occur in the wet pastures whilst the dark …

Rhos Cross Inn

…um palustre. The site supports the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, and another fourteen species of butterfly have been recorded.

Knocknashangan

…ing birds and invertebrates. The latter includes the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia which is well adapted to the habitats present at Knocknashangan, in particular the abundance of its larval foodplant devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and the area's southerly a…

Ross

… Order 1985. Ross is also an important site for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The grassland supports large quantities of devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis which is the larval foodplant for the marsh fritillary. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/r…

Caeau Llwyn Gwrgan

…en recorded in detail, but a large population of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is present, a species now much decreased in extent in mid Wales due to the drainage and cultivation of its habitat, together with more common species such as ringlet Aphantopus hype…

Drumbegger

…, blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bermudiana, a higher plant, and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, a butterfly. Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bermudiana is an Irish Red Data Book species and is protected under the Wildlife Northern Ireland Order 1985. In addition, the grassland a…

Caeau Ffos Fach

…il’s-bit scabious, the foodplant of the larva of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The site supports the majority of the local populations which forms the largest known colony in Dinefwr and one of the largest in Carmarthenshire. Remarks: The Marsh fritillary bu…

Grendon and Doddershall Woods

…wn, marsh, pearl bordered and small pearly bordered Argynnis paphia, A. adippe, Euphydryas aurinia, Boloria euphrosyne and B. selene. Not all the fritillaries have been seen since the late 1970s, but it is possible that they linger on in small numbers. There is considerable ornit…

Fontmell and Melbury Downs

…urgundy Hamearis lucina, Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia. Other uncommon insects of this site include the beetle Lagris hirta, the weevil Mononychus punctum album and the froghopper Aphrophora alni.

Waun-fawr

… Britain, and there is a strong colony of the scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula is also present.

Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake

…ll blue Polyommatus coridon, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina. Alsorecorded is the notable cistus forester moth Adscita geryon and the very local snail Abida secale. Scattered and dense scrub occ…

Hook Common and Bartley Heath

…s, is present here. Bartley Heath supports a viable colony of marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, though periodically it has been necessary to reinforce the population with introductions. Much of the Hook Common / Bartley Heath complex comprises secondary oak birch Quercus robu…

Boscastle to Widemouth

…itillary Argynnis paphia and green hairstreak Callophrys rubi. Marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia occurs along wetter flushes. Five nationally scarce moths have been recorded: scarlet tiger Callimorpha dominula, sand dart Agrotis ripae, crescent dart Agrotis trux, Devonshire wai…

Popehouse Moor

…the site is as yet little known, although the scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is known to breed, as is the tree pipit Anthus trivialis.

Cloatley Farm

…portant site for breeding populations of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and brown hairstreak Thecla betulae butterflies and for species rich neutral grassland. The relevant National Vegetation Classification NVC type is MG5 crested dog’s tail Cynosurus …

Kismeldon Meadows

…d environment for invertebrates such as the uncommon marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia which inhabit the grassland areas.

Batcombe Down

…ii on the acid areas. Among the many butterflies of this site, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia is present and there is a strong population of the very local Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina.

Beaford Moor

…e site. A rich invertebrate fauna has been recorded including marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, the nationally rare hoverfly Microdon mutabilis and the nationally scarce cranefly Idioptera pulchella.

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

… heathy) pasture. Characteristic species include the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, the silver hook moth Deltote uncula, the devon carpet Lampropteryx otregiata and the ruddy highflyer Hydriomena ruberata. All these are scarce in Britain as a whole and their popul…

Middlesceugh Woods and Pastures

…is is the food plant of the larval stage of the rare marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, Middlesceugh being one of its few remaining Cumbrian localities. The only other known extant site in East Cumbria is at Finglandrigg Woods west of Carlisle where it was recently re…

Common Moor Langtree

…corded, while the invertebrates include the uncommon marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and the narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth Hemaris tityus.

Harries Ground, Rodbourne

…so contains a population of a nationally scarce butterfly, the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia. General description Harries Ground is a botanically diverse area of unimproved neutral grassland on Oxford Clay in the Avon Vale of North Wiltshire. It is traditionally managed as…

Nymet Barton Marsh

… known, although the nationally scarce and declining marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has been recorded.

Knapdale Woods

…tic vegetation and poor to moderate nutrient levels Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) Otter (Lutra lutra)

Comins Tre-rhos (Tre-rhos Common)

…and lesser butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia breeds on the common, and the micro-moth populations are unusually rich for the ‘Pembrokeshire’ lowland heaths.

Marloes Mere

…t green bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima, and the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia bred in earlier years. The most notable of the six different dragonflies that breed is the emperor dragonfly Anax imperator. Marloes Mere was formerly famed for its medicinal leeche…

Penllwyn Grasslands

…ave been recorded for this site including colonies of the rare marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, silver hook moth Deltote uncula, lead-coloured pug Eupithecia plumbeolata, and the micro-moth Anania funebris. These and a number of other species are found at only one or two othe…

Rhos Pwllygawnen

…areas, and whinchat are frequent. Resident butterflies include marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, whilst the rare hoverflyMicrodon mutabilis, occurs on the wet heath where the larvae develop inside ants' nests.

Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod

… of special interest for its large population of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and for the extensive areas of dry neutral and marshy grassland, with associated stands of dry acid grassland, flush, fen, swamp, wet heath and other habitats. Also of special inter…

Waun Fawr, Ty Ddewi (St David's)

…ity across the common. There is also a colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Remarks: Registered as common land. Owned by the National Trust. Within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

Strawberry Banks

…interest for its population of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, its invertebrate fauna and its unimproved grassland flora. The site occupies a west to south west facing slope in the golden Valley east of Stroud near the village of Oakridge. It…

Black Hill Down

…n argus Aricia agestis, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia.

Deptford Farm Pastures

… exceptionally large colony of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia.

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…ires are rich in invertebrates including the nationally scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, the scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula and damselflies such as the beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo and nationally scarce small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum. The ope…

Southmoor Farm

…oodland herbs present. Butterflies present include the scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia. Breeding birds include willow tit Poecile montanus, lesser whitethroat Sylvia curruca and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, and mammal…

Brendonmoor

…om fen to a woodland community. A population of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is present and in winter the wetland supports large numbers of snipe Gallinago gallinago.

Handcocks Bottom

…en recorded from this area, including the scarce and declining marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina; the common forester moth Adscita statices is also known to occur here. The open woodland areas also contain good numbers of butterfl…

Aberbargoed Grasslands

…natural habitats, as well as for a population of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Aberbargoed Grasslands lie on a south west facing hillside in the Rhymney Valley, 1 km east of Bargoed. The site occupies an urban fringe position, between 200 m and 290 m. The soi…

Florence Court

…nd there has also been a recent sighting of an adult marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The site supports a wide range of fungi. These include species which cause decay in trees, such as southern bracket Ganoderma australe, dryad’s saddle Polyporus squamosus, oak brac…

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…cisa pratensis. This is the larval foodplant for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia which is known to breed here. The small dystrophic ponds and lakes are steep-sided, with a peaty substrate and are characterised by submergent growths of aquatic feathery bog moss S…

Stranacally

…bious Succisa pratensis, which is the larval foodplant for the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly and narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth Hemaris fuciformis, which have both been recorded across the grasslands at Stranacally. small-white orchid Pseudorchis albida occurs on t…

Hare's Down, Knowstone & Rackenford Moors

… Boloria euphrosyne, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi, purple hairstreak Favonius quercus, marbled white Melanargia galatheaa, grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae butterflies the silver-studded blue butterf…

Gweunydd Blaencleddau

… of the southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale and marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia which these support. The site is located around the headwaters of the Eastern Cleddau, to the east of Mynachlog-ddu in north Pembrokeshire. It occupies a shallow south-west trending…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

… Y moth Syngrapha interrogationis is present and the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has also occurred. An outstanding wetland beetle fauna reflects the diversity of vegetation structures on the site. In open muddy areas the nationally scarce ground beetle Blethisa …

Hog Cliff

… two scarce butterflies: Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia.

Quants

…s of resident breeding butterfly have been recorded. Of these, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, pearl bordered fritillary A. euphrosyne, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina and wood white Leptidea sinapis all have a local distribution in So…

Gilmoor and Moorlands

…erflies include good populations of the uncommon and declining marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and brown hairstreak Thecla betulae. In total twenty-eight butterfly species have been reco…

East Lizard Heathlands

… (Lepidoptera), with a strong breeding colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The nationally restricted moth Glyphipterix schoenicolella has also been recorded here. The heathland and willow carr provide breeding and feeding sites for a wide range of birds …

Jones's Mill

…bundant. The latter species supports a colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, which is becoming increasingly uncommon in wetland habitats. The invertebrate fauna is not generally well known, but several dragonflies are recorded, including the common blue da…

Haldon Forest

…pe, a Red Data Book species, and three nationally-scarce ones, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, pear-bordered fritillary Clossiana euphrosyne and wood white Leptidea sinapis. The moth fauna is also diverse, with 277 species of larger moth Macrolepidoptera having been recorded…

Hafod Wennol Grasslands

…d here include meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has also been recorded from this site.

Sampford Spiney

…e invertebrate fauna is also rich. Butterflies present include marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, pearl-bordered fritillary Clossiana euphrosyne, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, dark green Fritillary A. aglaia, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and holly blue Celastrin…

Greenscoombe Wood , Luckett

…include the nationally rare heath fritillary Melitaea athalia, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and pu…

Plumstone Mountain

…m coerulescens, as well as occasional records of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Remarks: The site has no known Welsh name; it appears as “Plumstone Mountain” on the First Edition Ordnance Survey maps. The site encompasses the registered common land of Plumsto…

Cloghcor Lough

…rasslands and is the food plant of the larvae of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. An adult marsh fritillary butterfly has recently been recorded on the site. The semi-natural habitats at Cloghcor Lough are important for a wide range of plants and animals, includ…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…ct 1981 (as amended) are present on the site: Water vole Otter Marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia Dune gentian Fen orchid The following Annex II species (EC Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora) are present on the site:…

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

…rtant invertebrate species. The nationally declining marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia occurs in grassland habitat at Rhosydd Bryn-maen. Lilljeborg’s whorl snail Vertigo lilljeborgi and the oxbow diving beetle Hydroporus rufifrons are species typically found on the ma…

Caeau Bryn Ifor

…og-moss Sphagnum subnitens, can all be frequent. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is regularly seen at both Dolauhirion fields and Church field -at the latter in good numbers in some years. At Dolauhirion, the hoverfly Microdon myrmicae has been recorded. At Chur…

Cogley Wood

…es of resident breeding butterfly have been recorded. Of these marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, brown hairstreak Thecla betulae, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina and purple emperor Apatura iris have a local distribution in Somerset.

Caeau Nant Garenig

… both the metallic gold sawfly Abia sericea, and the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, whose larvae feed on this plant. Another local species is the marbled white butterfly Melanargia galathea, which occurs mainly on the more neutral pastures at Nant Garenig.

Botley Wood and Everett's and Mushes Copses

… Strymonidiaw album, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in an atypical woodland situation. Over 600 species of moths have been recorded including a number of extreme rarities together with a wide variety of other insects including the bu…

Bradworthy Common

… exceptionally large colony of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Bog mosses Sphagnum spp. are unusually abundant here, forming frequent hummocks with species such as Sphagnum subnitens, S. capillifolium and S. palustre. The area is also atypical…

Sutton Combe

…tillary Hamearis lucina, Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia. Moths include wood tiger Parasemia plantaginis and cistus forester Adscita geryon, both uncommon downland species.

Hollow Moor & Odham Moor

…he site include the double line moth Mythimna turca, marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and the hoverfly Orthonevra geniculata, all of which are nationally-scarce. The site also supports a diverse breeding bird community including curlew Numenius arquata and grasshopp…

Morfa Abererch

…f marshy grassland and wet heath which support a population of marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia. To the east, the site supports an area of Molinia caerulea -tormentil Potentilla erecta mire which in places is intersected by small stands of bullrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemonta…

Moine Mhor

…tronghold for the nationally-scarce UK BAP protected marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, and there is a population at Moine Mhor. Its food source is the devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis which grows on the higher ground at the edges of the bog. The site is an impo…

Blackslee

…ing birds and invertebrates. The latter includes the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia which is well adapted to the grassland habitats present at Blackslee, especially the abundance of its larval foodplant devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and the area's southerly…

Aghanaglack

…ange of animals, including birds and invertebrates such as the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/aghanaglack-assi-guidance-and-literature

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan

…it scabious Succisa pratensis, the food plant of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia occurs locally, while open pools and settlement ponds constructed during the development of the wind farm, support the scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio. The bog also p…

Cors Geirch

…I of the Habitats Directive present on the site; the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, and two whorl snails Vertigo geyeri and Vertigo moulinsiana. Other notable species include the ground beetle Chlaenius tristis at its only known site in Britain, the scarce blue-ta…

Mynydd Llangyndeyrn

… devil's-bit scabious supports small colonies of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, particularly on the bog in the south-east of the site. The forester moth Adscita statices also occurs. One large topographical depression holds an extensive mire with a good range …

Rhosydd Yerbeston / Yerbeston Moors

…d neutral grassland, and for populations of the rare marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Some of the moors also have wetter areas with swamp and flush. Most are surrounded by mixtures of broadleaved woodland, scrub and bracken. A large population of the marsh fritillar…

Woodland Park and Pontpren

… and Pontpren is of special for the interest for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Additional special interest is provided by its mixture of habitat types, including marshy grassland, dry acid and neutral grassland, heathland and woodland, which add to the ecolog…

Gweunydd Somerton Meadows

…wo highly localised and declining invertebrates: the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and the Shrill Carder Bee Bombus sylvarum as well as supporting a rich dragonfly fauna.

North Meadow, Cricklade

… heath Coenonympha pamphilus are common, whilst the more local marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia has been recorded. Bordering hedges support populations of gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus, ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus and speckled wood Pararge aegeria. Altogether 14 species of dr…

Lamonby Verges and Fields

…y Boloria selene and large skipper Ochlodes sylvanus. The rare marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia used to occur in the area but has not been seen in recent years.

Skelton Pasture

… presence of a large colony of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Situated two kilometres north of the village of Skelton, 11 kilometres north west of Penrith, Skelton Pasture also supports an interesting range of wet fen and neutral grassland ve…

Kingford Fen

… rich in invertebrate species; wood white Leptidea sinapis and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and two uncommon butterflies which are among the twenty species which occur here. Ten species of dragonfly have been recorded. More than fifty bird species have been recorded from …

Mambury and Stowford Moors

…wn to be of entomological importance, with the local marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and a very strong colony of the marbled white Melanargia galatheaa butterfly.

Ribsons Meadows

…us spinosa forming occasional thickets. The nationally scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia breed on site.

Giant Hill

…pical insects of chalk grassland including the local marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia in one of its few downland sites.

Twinhills Woods and Meadows

…anargia galathea, silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia.

Cors Bryn-y-Gaer

…ssland. The site is also of special interest for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The site is located immediately north-west of Hirwaun and south of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Cors Bryn-y-gaer is situated at the northern edge of the South Wales Coalfield,…

Ruttersleigh

…rset. The grassland provides habitat for the nationally scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly. Other butterfly species of note recorded recently include the nationally scarce species Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina and pearl–bordered fritillary Boloria…

Gweunydd Hendre Eynon (Hendre Eynon Pastures)

… breed in the watercourses and four small pools. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia breeds, along with the green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and the scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula. Curlew have bred, and small numbers of duck over-winter. Otters regularly ha…

Caeau Caradog

…ica within the fen community. The rare and declining marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has been recorded at this site. The fields to the north-west of Cae-Caradog are bordered by the Afon Twrch and, below the farmhouse, the Nant Clawdd. Otters are known to use these r…

Minchinhampton Common

…chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, small blue Cupido minimus, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and the uncommon Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina. Moths include the cistus forester Adscita geryon and juniper carpet Thera juniperata juniperata. Disused stone mines on…

Ty Croes

… feed on invertebrates found in the soil and short vegetation. Marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia is found on the site where it is dependent on its food plant, devil’s-bit scabious Sucissa pratensis, in the wetter areas. Remarks: Within the Anglesey Area of Outstanding Natural …

Clais Dhearg

…k woodland Upland oak woodland Dragonfly assemblage Marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia Otter Lutra lutra

Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles

…widely. Juniper on heaths or calcareous grasslands Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) Species : Otter (Lutra lutra) Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), breeding Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), breeding Greenland barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis), non-breeding Greenl…

Yarnbury Castle

… relatively poor conditions for downland insects. However, the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and small heath Coenonympha pamphilus have been recorded from the site. A variety of downland birds occur including skylark, corn bunting and grey partridge.

Bryn - Bach, Cefn Cribwr

…e east of the site. The site provides suitable habitat for the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and contributes to the area used by a metapopulation of this butterfly. Remarks: The site supports vegetation assignable to the Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-…

Caeau Afon Gwili

… Wales Coalfields. There is a thriving colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia in these pastures, the caterpillars feeding solely on devil's-bit scabious. This attractive butterfly has likewise undergone a massive decline throughout Britain, and these remainin…

Caeau Blaen-yr-Orfa

… including the localized marbled white Melanargia galethea and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterflies. Glow worms Lampyris noctiluca occur on the drier grassland slopes.

Throope Down

…a respectively, both species being widespread on the site. The marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia also occurs.

Long Dole Wood and Meadows

…um multiflorum. A strong breeding population of the very local marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia is an additional feature of interest in the site.

Courthouse Grasslands

…s also of special interest for the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. The site is situated close to Swansea Airport, at the eastern end of the Gower peninsula, adjacent to Fairwood Common. It comprises a small group of gently undulating enclosures, v…

Dunsdon Farm

…ly restricted species, the wood white Leptidea sinapis and the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia which are amongst those who rely on herbs in the grassland to provide food for their larvae, as does the narrow bordered bee hawk moth Hemaris tityus.

Gweunydd a Choed Pen-Ty (Pen-Ty Pastures & Wood)

…flying butterfly. The southerly pasture supports the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and the small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, also the hoverfly, Arctophila fulva, which is a characteristic species of this type of grassland. The wet woodland connecting…

Caeau Tir-mawr

…These plant communities support a population of the marshy fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, a species that has declined dramatically with the loss of its marshy grassland habitat. The marbled white butterfly Melanargia galathea, an uncommon species in this part of Wales, …

Martin and Tidpit Downs

… Polyommatus bellargus, silver spotted skipper Hesperia comma, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina.

Sydling Valley Downs

…articularly noteworthy. There is a strong colony of very local marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in one of its few surviving chalk downland sites as well as good populations of typical downland butterflies such as the local chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon.

Pewsey Downs

…along with the uncommon dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina. Other invertebrate groups are less well studied, but a number of uncommon species have been noted. These include the plant bugs Hardya melanops…

Calstone and Cherhill Downs

…blue Polyommatus coridon, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia. Other important invertebrates recorded include the heath snail Helicella itala, a local and declining species characteristic of calcareous grassland and the uncommon plant bug Cant…

Teign Valley Woods

…rse. Over 25 species of butterfly have been recorded including marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe. Two other invertebrates of note are the wood cricket Nemobius sylvestris, which is rare outside the New Forest, and Callicera aenea, a rar…

River Wye (Upper Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Uchaf)

…The central heath supports a small population of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia; the green hairstreak butterfly Callophrys rubi is also present and the five-spot burnet moth Zygaena trifolii is common. The diversity of wildlife habitat is enhanced by the thin s…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…rtebrate communities, particularly its large population of the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly. This is an example of ‘rhos’ pasture, which is a special feature of this part of west Wales. The site lies 12 km south-east of Newquay among low hills near the village of…

Langford Heathfield

…es of resident breeding butterfly have been recorded. Of these marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, wood white Leptidea sinapis and brown hairstreak Thecla betulae all have a local distribution in Somerset. Other invertebrates of interest in…

Lismore Lochs

…having one of the most important meta-populations of marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia in North Argyll. The terrestrial land within Lismore Lochs SSSI provides this regionally-important meta-population with excellent habitat, with an abundance of devil’s-bit scabious,…

Cadair Idris

…ies. Also of special interest are populations of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, Welsh clearwing moth Synanthedon scoliaeformis and lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros. Geological/geomorphological background Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary and igneous …

Toller Porcorum

…ed banks. The fauna of this site has not been well studied but marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and small pearl bordered fritillary Boloria selene, both local and declining butterflies, are known to be present and the beautiful demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx virgo, a local in…

Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth

…g Hipparchia semele and high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, brown…

Portheiddy Moor

…ger moth Callimorpha dominula breeds, along with the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Otters have been reported and the water vole Arvicola amphibius is present. Remarks: The site lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

Woolmer Forest

…onford Moor provide one of the few localities of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia in Hampshire. Extensive areas of open water occur within the SSSI. Woolmer and Cranmer Ponds are dystrophic lakes fed by ground water poor in mineral nutrients. Such lakes are extre…

Brynna a Wern Tarw

…ore area of habitat on which a metapopulation of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is centred. In South Wales this species is confined to marshy grasslands such as these, where its food plant, devil’s-bit scabious, grows in profusion. In addition, the hedgerows an…

Rhos Cruglas

…chnura pumilio. Also recorded are two notable butterflies, the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and the small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, and also the day-flying scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula. Remarks: The site lies within the Brecon Beacons National P…

Brendon Farm (North)

…Among the butterflies and moths present, the nationally scarce marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia occurs as well as the small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, common blue Polyommatus icarus and burnet companion Euclidia glyphica.

Rhos Esgairwen-fawr a Rhosgoch-fawr

…e invertebrates have been recorded at the site – the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia and the woodlouse Armadillidium pulchellum, which occurs in a small quarry at the edge of a bank of scrubby ash-oak-hazel woodland included in the site.

Braithwaite Moss

…for its breeding population of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Due to changes in agricultural practices, 50 percent of marsh fritillary breeding sites have been lostin Cumbria in the past 20 years, while nationally the population is decreasing…

Briggins Moor

…t for invertebrates. There is a large colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia on this site. This species is scarce nationally and south-west England is one of the few last remaining strongholds of this species in Europe. The larvae of the butterfly feed on th…

Rhos Rhyd-y-ceir

…nd and western gorse Ulex gallii scrub. The uncommon marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has been recorded in some numbers at this site.

Taynish Woods

…s are good habitat for the internationally-important marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, in association with its larval food plant, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Taynish is a core area for the local meta-population. The purple moor grass Molinia caerulea mead…

Lymsworthy Meadows

… Carex laevigata. A colony of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is present.

Common Moor, East Putford

… invertebrate fauna has been recorded here including the local marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and marbled white Melanargia galatheaa butterflies, the nationally rare cranefly Phylidorea abdominalis and the nationally scarce longhorn beetle Leptura quadrifasciata.

Spring Head, Axmouth

…site also supports a wide variety of lepidoptera including the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi, marbled white Melanargia galatheaa, dingy skipper Erynnis tages and grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae.

Cors Goch, Llanllwch

…lack sympetrum dragonfly Sympetrum danae. The scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia also occurs, as does the attractive scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula. Remarks: A small part is a nature reserve managed by the West Wales Naturalists' Trust.

Cwm Risca Meadow

… South Wales. The site also supports a colony of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia.

Glanrhocca

…cial interest. So too is the large population of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia. Located 3 km south-west of Llanddewi Brefi, the land comprises a series of seven enclosures situated at an altitude of 150-200 metres, on south-westerly slopes above the headwaters…

Small Brook

…sus and other scrub invasion. The nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is present.

Jeffreyston Pastures

…sta tinctoria occurs occasionally in the marshy grassland. The marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, a nationally rare butterfly occurs. Remarks: The marsh fritillary butterfly is listed in Annex IIa of the EC Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and Wild Flora and F…

Penycastell, Cefn Cribwr

…optera brachyptera. The site provides suitable habitat for the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and contributes to the area used by a metapopulation of this butterfly. Remarks: The site supports vegetation assignable to the Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-…

Cae Cwrtbrynbeirdd

…ort Pedicularis palustris. The nationally vulnerable marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia is present on site and is associated with areas of the site supporting the larval foodplant devil’s-bit scabious. Remarks: The M24 Molinia caerulea – Cirsium dissectum fen-meadow h…

Caeau Nantsais

…rded in the past. Several uncommon lepidoptera occur including marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene and scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula. Remarks: The marsh fritillary is listed on Annex II of the EC Habitats and Species Dire…

Cae Bryn-tywarch

…of devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis on which marsh fritillary butterflies Euphydryas aurinia feed, this being one of their most important sites in the Brecon Beacons National Park. On the drier slopes this community grades into a species-rich variant of sheep's-fescue -comm…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…constant. The latter is the larval food plant of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia which has been recorded both in these grasslands and the associated wet heaths. Other distinctive species include tormentil Potentilla erecta, heather Calluna vulgaris, lesser spea…

Caeau Blaen-bydernyn

…a tinctoria in Carmarthenshire. Noteworthy Lepidoptera include marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene and scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula. Remarks: The marsh fritillary is listed under Annex II of the EC Directive 92/43/EEC on…

Morgan's Hill

…lyommatus coridon, brown argus Aricia agestis and the uncommon marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina. The mixed scrub habitat also harbours several breeding bird species such as willow warbler, whitethroat and tree pipit.

Caeau Blaenau-mawr

… Carum verticillatum and great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis. Marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and marbled white butterflies Melanargia galathea have been recorded at the site. Remarks: The marsh fritillary butterfly is listed on Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive and App…

Cleeve Common

…een fritillary Argynnis aglaja, grayling Hipparchia semele and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and the rare snail Abida secale. Geology In the Cotswolds the 'Bouguetia' and 'phillipsiana' beds of the upper Middle Inferior Oolite are confined to a very limited outcrop on Cleev…

Bursdon Moor

… invertebrate fauna has been recorded here including the local marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene. Marbled white Melanargia galatheaa and the green hairstreak Callophrys rubi butterflies, and the nationally scarce cranefly Idiopter…

Stinchcombe Hill

…latheaa, darkgreen fritillary Argynnis aglaja and the uncommon marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia particularly associated with the grassland while pearl bordered fritillary Clossiana euphrosyne and silver washed fritillary Argynnis paphia occur near the woodland edge. Birds bre…

Folly Farm

…everal species of butterflies have been recorded including the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly which is uncommon in the county. The woodland to the south is an ancient woodland supporting a stand of the ash / wych elm / oak type with dense hazel coppice. The ground …

Cae'r Meirch

…tebrates. There is a colony of the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, and two species of snail, Vertigo substriata and Vertigo antivertigo, both of which are indicative of old, undisturbed wetlands, are found in the flushes. The slug Limax cinereonig…

Roundway Down and Covert

…e. Other butterflies of nationally restricted distribution are marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon and brown argus Aricia agestis. Further invertebrate interest includes Abida secale, a scarce mollusc of the chalk and Canthophorus impressus, a …

Cwm Glo a Glyndyrys

…usiana and adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has been noted in the marshy grassland areas, where its food plant, devil’s bit scabious occurs. A nationally scarce moth, the cloaked carpet Euphyia biangulata, has been recorded i…

Ottery Valley

…g Culm grasslands provide important habitats for the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia, a species known to be declining in England.

Glac na Criche

…tats: Blanket bog Dry heaths Vegetated sea cliffs Marsh fritillary butterfly,(Euphydryas (Eurodryas, Hypodryas) aurinia) Birds: Chough(Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),breeding and non-breeding Common scoter (Melanitta nigra),breeding Corncrake (Crex crex),non-breeding Greenland white…

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