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Sites for National Grid Square: SP

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
Aldbury Nowers SP950128 Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Blue
Ardley Quarry SP536273 Brown Argus
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Small Blue
Asham Meads SP590142 Black Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak
Ashlawn Cutting LNR SP516732 Green Hairstreak
Aston Clinton Ragpits SP888109 Chalk Hill Blue
Green Hairstreak
Bernwood Forest SP611118 Black Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Marbled White
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
Silver-washed Fritillary
White Admiral
Bernwood Meadows SP606111 Black Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Purple Hairstreak
Bishops Itchington SP392581 Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Grizzled Skipper
Small Blue
Bison Hill SP999184 Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Duke of Burgundy
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Blue Lagoon SP868326 Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Grizzled Skipper
Small Blue
Brigstock SP953850 Brown Argus
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Chinnor Hill SP765005 Dark Green Fritillary
College Lake SP932144 Brown Argus
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Small Blue
Dancersend SP896089 Dark Green Fritillary
Duke of Burgundy
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Small Blue
Draycote Water SP467692 White-letter Hairstreak
Duchie's Piece SP952129 Brown Argus
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Duke of Burgundy
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Fermyn Wood SP962857 Brimstone ssp. rhamni
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Orange-tip ssp. britannica
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
Red Admiral
White Admiral
White-letter Hairstreak
Finemere Wood SP720217 Black Hairstreak
Brown Argus
Grizzled Skipper
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
White Admiral
White-letter Hairstreak
Foxholes SP252205 White Admiral
Wood White
Grangelands SP828048 Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Comma
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Duke of Burgundy
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
Small Blue
Howe Park Wood SP834344 Black Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Wood White
Ivinghoe SP961163 Chalk Hill Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Duke of Burgundy
Green Hairstreak
Lady Wood SP97708470 Purple Emperor
Little Linford Wood SP830454 Purple Hairstreak
White Admiral
Wood White
Marston Thrift SP972418 Black Hairstreak
Oakley Wood SP612117 Purple Emperor
Otmoor RSPB Reserve SP563138 Brown Hairstreak
Oxford Lane SP698189 Black Hairstreak
White Admiral
Piddington Wood SP629164 Black Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Comma
Peacock
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
Pitstone Hill SP950145 Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Small Blue
Rushbeds Wood SP672154 Black Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
White Admiral
Ryton Wood SP374728 White Admiral
Ryton Woods Meadows SP38017277 Brimstone ssp. rhamni
Brown Argus
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Essex Skipper
Gatekeeper
Green Hairstreak
Green-veined White ssp. sabellicae
Grizzled Skipper
Large Skipper
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood ssp. tircis
Salcey Forest SP791520 Black Hairstreak
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Grizzled Skipper
Purple Hairstreak
White Admiral
Wood White
Sewell Cutting SP993227 Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Duke of Burgundy
Small Blue
Snitterfield Bushes SP200603 Purple Hairstreak
White Admiral
Stanwick Lakes SP96977166 Orange-tip ssp. britannica
Peacock
Sutton Park NNR SP098970 Green Hairstreak
Sydlings Copse SP557095 Purple Hairstreak
White-letter Hairstreak
Totternhoe Knolls and Quarry SP986224 Brown Argus
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Duke of Burgundy
Green Hairstreak
Marbled White
Small Blue
Small Heath ssp. pamphilus
Tring Park SP930105 Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Purple Emperor
Silver-washed Fritillary
Twywell Hills and Dales SP938772 Brown Argus
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Ufton Fields SP37806150 Brown Argus
Marbled White
Purple Hairstreak
Small Blue
White-letter Hairstreak
Wendover Woods SP890085 Silver-washed Fritillary
Whipsnade SP999185 Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Duke of Burgundy
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Marbled White
Whitecross Green Wood SP605145 Black Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Grizzled Skipper
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
White Admiral
Wicken Wood SP731406 Comma
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Gatekeeper
Green-veined White ssp. sabellicae
Large Skipper
Large White
Peacock
Purple Emperor
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood ssp. tircis
White Admiral
Windmill Hill and Cleeve Prior SP072477 Brown Argus
Marbled White
Wall
Wolfhamcote SP524650 Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper