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Sites for National Grid Square: SK

The map below shows sites for this grid square, each represented by a pin that, when clicked, will show the species at that site. The Grid References provided in the table below the map can be used on Ordnance Survey maps, or on a website such as www.streetmap.co.uk. This is currently more accurate than the Google Map rendering you see below (which is up to 200 metres out).

The Grid Square represented by this map is often divided into squares of 10 kilometres each, numbered 0 to 9 from the south west corner, in both an easterly and northerly direction. This allows a Grid Reference such as SU32 to be specified (where SU is the National Grid Square, 3 is the easting and 2 the northing). Further division gives a more detailed reference, such as SU317201 (where SU is the National Grid Square, 317 is the easting and 201 is the northing).

  
  

Distribution data (2000-2009) has been made available through the generosity of Butterfly Conservation. Any subspecies distribution is taken from the book British and Irish Butterflies, by Adrian Riley. Based on this data, the following species and subspecies may be found in this grid square:


In the table below, the icon links to a Google search based on the site name, and the and icons (where present) link, respectively, to Google Maps and Streetmap representations of the grid reference.

Site Name Grid Reference Species Subtaxon
Attenborough Nature Reserve SK525350 Brimstone ssp. rhamni
Comma
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Gatekeeper
Holly Blue
Orange-tip ssp. britannica
Ringlet
White-letter Hairstreak
Bingham Linear Park SK701393 Brimstone ssp. rhamni
Brown Argus
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Orange-tip ssp. britannica
Wall
Boultham Mere SK957713 Wall
Brown's Hill Quarry SK742234 Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Bunny Old Wood Nature Reserve SK579283 White-letter Hairstreak
Charnwood Lodge SK458155 Green Hairstreak
Cloud Wood SK417214 White-letter Hairstreak
Copper Hill SK980422 Chalk Hill Blue
Cribb's Meadow SK899188 Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Deep Dale SK164696 Brown Argus
Dark Green Fritillary
Eakring Meadows Nature Reserve SK702622 Brown Argus
Large Skipper
Meadow Brown ssp. insularis
Ringlet
Small Tortoiseshell
Wall
Ketton Quarry SK977053 Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Grizzled Skipper
Silver-washed Fritillary
Lathkill Dale SK203662 Brown Argus
Dark Green Fritillary
Green Hairstreak
Orange-tip ssp. britannica
White-letter Hairstreak
Launde Woods SK785036 Purple Hairstreak
White-letter Hairstreak
Mattersey Wood SK67208870 White-letter Hairstreak
Prior's Coppice SK834052 Purple Hairstreak
White-letter Hairstreak
Twyford Wood SK946238 Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Willesley Wood SK330141 Brimstone ssp. rhamni
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Holly Blue
Purple Hairstreak
Small Copper ssp. eleus
White-letter Hairstreak