Transect walking is a method for assessing butterfly abundance and involves walking a fixed route, called the transect, through an area at least once a week from 1st April until the end of September and within specific weather conditions.
Sites where transects are carried out in Wiltshire are listed below. If you want to become involved Mike Fuller, Wiltshire County Butterfly Recorder, would be very pleased to hear from you. Contact: fullermike
@btinternet.com
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UKBMS Code |
Transect Name and location | Status | Transect Walker(s) | Grid Reference | ||
| 2436 | Barbury Castle, Wroughton | Live | Peter David | SU 149 763 | ||
| 2401 | Bentley Wood - Barnridge | Live | David Lambert et al. | SU 242 295 | ||
| 2430 | Bentley Wood - Compartment Four | Live | David Lambert et al. | SU 253 318 | ||
| 2402 | Bentley Wood - Eastern Clearing | Live | David Lambert et al. | SU 258 291 | ||
| 2429 | Bentley Wood - Frenchmoor | Hampshire | David Lambert et al. | SU 275 285 | ||
| 2431 | Bentley Wood Hawksgrove | Live | David Lambert et al. | SU 240 280 | ||
| 2403 | Bentley Wood - North | Live | David Lambert et al. | SU 250 300 | ||
| 2404 | Bentley Wood - South | Live | David Lambert et al. | SU 251 283 | ||
| 2405 | Biss Wood, WWT, Trowbridge | Live | Audrey Brown | ST 877 567 | ||
| 2406 | Blackmoor Copse, WWT, Farley | Live | Roy & Sara Cowley | SU 235 291 | ||
| TBA | Blakehill, WWT, Cricklade | Live | Robin Griffiths | SU 077 914 | ||
| 2407 | Boscombe Down A, MOD | Live | Tim Frawley et al. | SU 177 412 | ||
| 2408 | Boscombe Down O (WCC) | Live | Diane Lee | SU 185 408 | ||
| 2409 | Bratton Castle Earthworks (EH) | Live | Mike Fuller, Nick Wynn | ST 904 516 | ||
| 2437 | Danks Down, Castle Combe | Live | Maurice Avent | ST 839 766 | ||
| 2410 | Dean Hill West, NT, West Grimstead | Live | Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beer | SU 225 257 | ||
| TBA | Figsbury Ring, NT | Live | David Lawman | SU 188 338 | ||
| 2411 | Green Lane Wood, WWT, Trowbridge | Live | Roger Beckett | ST 881 577 | ||
| 2413 | Kennet and Avon canal towpath, Bradford-on-Avon | Live | Mike Fuller, Clive Patten | ST 828 597 | ||
| 2415 | Middle Street Meadow, Harnham, Salisbury | Live | Pam Rouquette | SU 225 257 | ||
| TBA | Newton Tony, RSPB | Live | Diane Lee | SU 22 39 | ||
| 2417 | Park Bottom, Sherrington | Stopped | Volunteer required | ST 953 374 | ||
| 83 | Pewsey Down NNR, Pewsey | Live | Ray Jenkins | SU 110 630 | ||
| 102 | Picket Wood, WWT, Westbury | Live | Mike Fuller, Nick Wynn | ST 870 540 | ||
| 991 | Porton Down No. 1, Roche Court Down | Live | Sarah Atkinson, Charlie Hobbs | SU 240 350 | ||
| 2418 | Porton Down No. 2, Tower Hill Wood | Live | Sarah Atkinson, Charlie Hobbs | SU 240 387 | ||
| 2419 | Prickmoor Wood, Chittoe | Stopped | Volunteer required | ST 951 661 | ||
| 2439 | Red Lodge Wood, FC, Purton | Live |
Frank & Paula Train (Jul/Aug) |
SU 060 890 | ||
| TBA | Normanton Down, RSPB, Amesbury | Live | RSPB Staff, Angela Leaman | SU 115 405 | ||
| TBA | Winterbourne Downs, RSPB, Newton Tony | Live | RSPB Staff | SU 215 335 | ||
| 2421 | Roundway Hill Covert, Devizes | Live | Colin Dodd | SU 003 640 | ||
| 136 | Somerford Common (FC), Brinkworth | Included in site 2423 | SU 020 860 | |||
| 2423 | Somerford Common (FC), extended | Live | Robin Griffiths | SU 025 685 | ||
| 2441 | Tuckingmill, Tisbury | Live | Andrew Graham et al. | ST 936 290 | ||
| 2425 | Vagg's Hill, Wingfield, Trowbridge | Live | Simon Young | ST 807 560 | ||
| 2434 | Hazelbury Common, Box | Live | Alan Carpenter et al. | ST 837 677 | ||
| 2426 | Webb's Wood, FC, Brinkworth | Live | Peter David | SU 045 857 | ||
| 2427 | West Yatton Down, Castle Combe | Live | Maurice Avent, Hugo Brooke | ST 853 759 | ||
| 2428 | Whitesheet Hill Quarry | Live | Hugo Brooke | ST 799 351 | ||
| TBA | Sutton Lane Meadows, NT, Sutton Benger | Stopped | Volunteer required | ST 947 776 | ||
| TBA | Hinton Parva Coombes, NT, East of Swindon | In abeyance | Allan Cox | SU 228 827 | ||
| TBA | Ravensroost Wood, WWT, Swindon | Live | Robin Griffiths | SU 023 879 | ||
| TBA | Upton Scudamore, A350 Embankment | Live | Jane Cole | ST 870 483 | ||
| TBA | Morgan's Hill, WWT, Devizes | Live | Robin Griffiths et al. | SU 02 67 | ||
| TBA | Vernditch Chase, FC | Live | Chris Hill et al. | SU 035 206 | ||
| TBA | Larkhill Horne, DTE SP(C) | Live | Mike Lockwood | SU 12 44 | ||
| TBA | Larkhill LACGEN2, DTE SP(C) | Live | Mike Lockwood | SU 13 45 | ||
| TBA | Langley Wood NNR | Live | Sue Clarke et al. | SU 22 20 | ||
| TBA | Fitzmaurice School Field, Bradford-on-Avon | Live | Mike Fuller, Clive Patten | ST 828 601 | ||
| TBA | North Meadow Country Park, Bradford-on-Avon | Live | Sarah Gregory | ST 821 605 | ||
| TBA | Hazel Hill Wood, Farley | Live | Charley Miller | SU 219 282 | ||
| TBA | Lime Kiln Down, LNR, Harnham | Live | Pam Rouquette | SU 10 68 |