Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Whiting Ness - Ethie Haven

…of coastal grassland and coastal cliff communities and the small blue butterfly Cupido minimus, a Scottish rarity. Geological: Whiting Ness The southern half of this site has exposures of Upper Devonian sandstones and conglomerates (grit, pebbles and cobble sized stones) resting …

Whitlaw Bank to Hardies Hill

…ional rarities The grasslands support a colony of the rare small blue butterfly Cupido minimus which relies on kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria as the food plant for its larvae. The rare soldier fly Oxycera dives is found in and around the partially shaded mossy seepages, wet ro…

Levin Down

… variety of species of butterfly can be found on the Down, including small blue Cupido minimus and chalk hill blue Polyommatus coridon.

St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links

… also one of the a few localities in Aberdeenshire for the small blue butterfly Cupido minimus.

Barton Bushes

…scrub edge provides ideal conditions for this species. The small blue butterfly Cupido minimus, a species that at a national level has experienced substantial local declines, is also present. * A plant specially protected by Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…ana as well as the woodlouse Porcellionides cingendus. The small blue butterfly Cupido minimus also breeds on the limestone grassland. The intertidal area, particularly near the low tide mark, is considered to be of marine biological importance, with species at Lydstep including …

Pitcombe Down

…luding the local chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon and the uncommon small blue Cupido minimus and Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus.

Odstock Down

…hilus and common blue Polymmatus icarus. Also occurring is the rarer small blue Cupido minimus, whose larvae feed on kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria.

Cleeve Hill

…n fritillary Argynnis aglaja, marbled white Melanargia galatheaa and small blue Cupido minimus, which occur in some years in great abundance.

Black Hill Down

…Green hairstreak Callophrys rubi, grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae and small blue Cupido minimus all occur, whilst there are large populations of brown argus Aricia agestis, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia.

Kingston Escarpment & Iford Hill

…ivorus and colonies of the Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and the small blue Cupido minimus butterflies.

Swift's Hill

…marbled white Melanargia galatheaa, common blue Polyommatus icarus, small blue, Cupido minimus and chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon. The rare dew moth Setina irrorella is recorded together with a good range of grassland Coleoptera species. Geology At the north end of the site…

Purn Hill

…, brown argus Aricia agestis, chalkhill and small blues Polyommatus coridon and Cupido minimus.

Pitstone Hill

…nnock. Twenty six butterfly species have been recorded including the small blue Cupido minimus, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina and silver spotted and Essex skippers Hesperia comma and Thymelicus lineola.

Woodchester Park

…ds. This supports colonies of marbled white Melanargia galatheaa and small blue Cupido minimus butterflies. The nationally scarce terrestrial snail Abida secale is also present. Part of this area has some scrub encroachment. A series of lakes runs down the length of the valley, t…

Toyd Down and Quarry

…terflies. It supports one of the strongest Hampshire colonies of the small blue Cupido minimus and an important relic population of the grayling Hipparchia semele in its “chalk form”. This species is now very rare on inland chalk grassland and is known from only one other such si…

Totternhoe Chalk Quarry

…st including butterflies such as chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, small blue Cupido minimus, dingy skipper Erynnis tages and the nationally scarce Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina.

White Horse Hill

…ding brown argus Aricia agestis, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, small blue Cupido minimus, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja and dingy skipper Erynnis tages.

Ardley Cutting and Quarry

…ing, with large populations of calcareous grassland butterflies like small blue Cupido minimus, brown argus Aricia agestis, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, all of which are uncommon in Oxfordshire. Ther…

Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs

…ies of butterfly have been recorded, including a small colony of the small blue Cupido minimus and abundant grayling Hipparchia semele. Other scarce invertebrates include the tortoise beetle Pilemostoma fastuosum and two flies Paragus haemorrhous and Epitriptus cingulatus. Remar…

Haydon and Askerswell Downs

…flies including the very local Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and small blue Cupido minimus.

Coombe Hill

…butterflies including the characteristic Cotswold grassland species, small blue Cupido minimus, chalk hill blue Polyommatus coridon and marbled white Melanargia galatheaa. * A plant specially protected by Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Court Farm, Sydling

…es including the local chalkhill blue 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.

Buttler's Hangings

…e are colonies of chalk hill and small blue butterflies Polyommatus coridon and Cupido minimus and Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, whose larval food plants all occur in the reserve. Other insects of interest are the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus whose numerous hills favour ce…

Throope Down

…ese include the noteworthy Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and the small blue Cupido minimus, whose larvae feed on horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria respectively, both species being widespread on the site. The marsh fritillary Euphydryas a…

Stackpole Quay - Trewent Point

…ats encourage an abundance of invertebrates. Butterflies such as the small blue Cupido minimus, the dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja and the grayling Hipparchia semele have been observed here. Of the other invertebrate species present, ants are particularly noticeable by vir…

Barry Links

…Dictyna major, the stiletto fly Dialineura anilis, and the small blue butterfly Cupido minimus.

Banstead Downs

…ptera, and bugs, hemiptera. These include the following butterflies, small blue Cupido minimus, Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, the moth Conopia anthraciniformis and the bugs Miris striatus, Phytocoris longipennis and Dichrooscytus valesianu…

Harbury Railway Cutting

…a, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi, grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae, small blue Cupido minimus and marbled white Melanargia galatheaa.

Calstone and Cherhill Downs

…rfly species several are relatively uncommon nationally, such as the small blue Cupido minimus, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina and marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia. Other important invertebrates recorded include the heath snail Helicella i…

Scratchbury & Cotley Hills

…led skipper Pyrgus malvae, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja and small blue Cupido minimus. Other insect groups are less well surveyed, but several uncommon species have been noted. These include six species of weevil Curculionoidea, eight species of plant bugs Hemiptera and …

Bradenham Woods, Park Wood & The Coppice

…ods. Twenty eight species of butterfly have been recorded, including small blue Cupido minimus, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina and dark green fritillaries Argynnis aglaja. Marbled white Melanargia galathea is abundant. Rare insects from other groups include the cranefly Limoni…

Turville Hill

… as the beautiful chalk hill blue Polyommatus coridon. Larvae of the small blue Cupido minimus rely on kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. Plants forming an important source of nectar for the adult insects include marjoram Origanum vulgare. A predator on some of the small inverteb…

Noar Hill

…in each case probably the strongest remaining colonies in Hampshire, small blue Cupido minimus, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi, marbled white Melanargia galatheaa and dingy skipper Erynnis tages. Eleven species of Orthoptera is also exceptionally high, including the rare rufous…

Hamps and Manifold Valleys

…gus Aricia artaxerxes, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja and the small blue Cupido minimus in one of its few recorded sites in Staffordshire. The white-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album is present although it is a species which has declined nationally as a result of the redu…

Blandford Camp

…largus has been recorded together with dingy skipper Erynnis tages, small blue, Cupido minimus, brown argus Aricia agestis, common blue Polyommatus icarus and grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae. 1 Species listed on Annexe 2 of European Habitats and Species Directive.

Aldbury Nowers

…site in recent times including the Essex skipper Thymelicus lineola, small blue Cupido minimus, a strong colony of marbled white Melanargia galatheaa and the county’s only colony of the Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina.

Rough Bank, Miserden

… found here. Butterflies include chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, small blue Cupido minimus, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and marbled white Melanargia galatheaa. A large population of the snail Helicella itala is present and the ant Myrmica sabuleti and woodlouse Platyarth…

Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common

…f insects with a total of 33 species of butterfly recorded including small blue Cupido minimus, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon the uncommon Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina and pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne. One species of hoverfly that has been reco…

Burnmouth Coast

…al interest are butterflies including a colony of the rare small blue butterfly Cupido minimus, grayling Hipparchia semele, wall Lasiommata megera, dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, the cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae and the six-spot burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae.

Aberarth - Carreg Wylan

…llary butterfly Boloria euphrosyne and the regionally rare small blue butterfly Cupido minimus, are part of an important invertebrate community present. The site incorporates a linear section of the Cardigan Bay coastline extending from the Afon Arth at Aberarth in Ceredigion so…

Watlington and Pyrton Hills

…er butterflies occurring include chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, small blue Cupido minimus, brown argus Aricia agestis, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja. The site is a refuge for birds in winter, when large numbers of thrushes, such …

Minchinhampton Common

…insects with butterflies such as 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 j…

Draycott Sleights

…ce of Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus, silver studded blue Plebejus argus and Cupido minimus is of particular interest. Two nationally scarce species of fly, Symphoromyia immaculata and Bombylius canescens and one nationally scarce species of ant, Myrmica schencki have been rec…

Aston Upthorpe Downs

… of local importance include the chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, small blue Cupido minimus and a strong colony of the Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina. The juniper scrub supports a rich fauna including the nationally uncommon juniper carpet Thera juniperata and the…

Arreton Down

…everal rare and uncommon species such as brown argus Aricia agestis, small blue Cupido minimus and common blue Polyommatus icarus butterflies as well as very large numbers of the chalkhill blue butterfly Polyommatus coridon. The Orthoptera include populations of four species of …

Stonesfield Common, Bottoms & Banks

…te fauna of the grassland includes the regionally uncommon small blue butterfly Cupido minimus and a strong colony of marbled white butterflies Melanargia galatheaa. The grassland and scrub support a rich invertebrate fauna and provide territory for insects such as the white legg…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…clude marbled white Melanargia galathea, brown argus Aricia agestis, small blue Cupido minimus and grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae. The dune-slacks that occur between the ridges formed by the higher dunes vary in character according to the length of time that they are covered by w…

Martin and Tidpit Downs

…ble are the large populations of marbled white Melanargia galatheaa, small blue Cupido minimus and dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja, whilst there are also colonies of chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus, silver spotted skipper Hesperia comma…

Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment

…tterflies the locally uncommon Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and small blue Cupido minimus are two species with a restricted distribution. Asholt Wood is situated on the Gault Clay at the foot of the escarpment. The soils are poorly drained and range from highly calcareous n…

Monawilkin

…eeding species, and it is the known site in Northern Ireland for the small blue Cupido minimus, whose larvae feed exclusively on kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/monawilkin-assi

Botley Down

…d white Melanargia galatheaa, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon and small blue Cupido minimus. The narrow bordered bee hawk moth Hemaris tityus has been seen on the site and both five and six spot burnet moths Zygaena trifolii and Zygaena filipendulae are also present.

Selsley Common

…the nationally rare mollusc Abida secale and butterflies such as the small blue Cupido minimus, grayling Hipparchia semele and Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina. Geology Leigh’s Quarry is a classic geological locality providing one of the most extensive cross sections…

Spey Bay

…diverse invertebrate communities including two rare butterflies, the small blue Cupido minimus and the dingy skipper Erynnis tages.

Ivinghoe Hills

… as small blue, Duke of Burgundy and dark green fritillaries and chalkhill blue Cupido minimus, Hamearis lucina, Argynnis aglaja and Polyommatus coridon. There are records of Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus and silver spotted skipper Hesperia comma, both very local and declinin…

Broadway Hill

…shire. In recent years both chalk hill blue Polyommatus coridon and small blue Cupido minimus butterflies have been recorded on the site, undoubtedly due to the presence of their food plants kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. The site is n…

Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs

…ibution in the county, including chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, small blue Cupido minimus and darkgreen fritillary Argynnis aglaja.

Gomm Valley

…rynnis tages and Pyrgus malvae, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and small blue Cupido minimus. An unusual feature is the population of glow worm Lampyris noctiluca, while the snail fauna includes the calcicolous round mouthed snail Pomatias elegans. Common lizard Lacerta agilis …

Strawberry Banks

…luable butterfly habitat with ecologically demanding species such as small blue Cupido minimus, chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and the nationally scarce Duke of Burgundy fritillary Hamearis lucina present. Several locally restricted molluscs…

Old Burghclere Lime Quarry

…a rich invertebrate fauna including a colony of the scarce small blue butterfly Cupido minimus.

Nicodemus Heights

… colonies on Portland. The site also supports a large population of small blue Cupido minimus, a declining butterfly for which Portland is a stronghold. *Species listed on Annex II to Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flo…

Stinchcombe Hill

…te oak Quercus robur. The site supports a rich butterfly fauna with small blue Cupido minimus, grayling Hipparchia semele, brown argus Aricia agestis, marbled white Melanargia galatheaa, darkgreen fritillary Argynnis aglaja and the uncommon marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia pa…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…ow on the more established dunes and support colonies of small blue butterflies Cupido minimus. On the narrower northern ‘arm’ of dunes at Pembrey, the striated catchfly Silene conica occurs. This rare species requires areas of bare sand with a little humic content. Remarks: The…

Millfield Wood

…sii. The grassland supports a rich invertebrate fauna which includes small blue Cupido minimus and marbled white Melanargia galathea butterflies.

Calbourne Down

…he Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus, chalk hill blue L. coridon and small blue Cupido minimus, all of which have a very local and fragmented distribution and exacting ecological requirements only encountered on a limited number of calcareous grasslands. The mix of scrub and gras…

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

…zed and declining species such as marbled white Melanargia galathea, small blue Cupido minimus, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia and brown hairstreak Thecla betulae. The sheltered, irregular woodland edge and hedgerows, with an abundance of young blackthorn Prunus spinosa…

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