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Sites for National Grid Square: SZ

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
Alder Hills SZ063931 Grayling ssp. semele
Green Hairstreak
Arreton Down SZ538871 Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Ballard Down SZ022808 Adonis Blue
Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Grayling ssp. semele
Green Hairstreak
Lulworth Skipper
Marbled White
Small Blue
Wall
White-letter Hairstreak
Bonchurch Down SZ573784 Adonis Blue
Glanville Fritillary
Grizzled Skipper
Borthwood SZ56678433 Brimstone ssp. rhamni
Orange-tip ssp. britannica
Speckled Wood ssp. tircis
Brading Down SZ594867 Chalk Hill Blue
Broadstone Local Nature Reserve SZ006953 Orange-tip ssp. britannica
Compton Chine SZ37208480 Glanville Fritillary
Compton Down SZ368854 Adonis Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Small Blue
Culver Down SZ63728555 Chalk Hill Blue
Durlston Country Park SZ030773 Adonis Blue
Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Grayling ssp. semele
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper
Lulworth Skipper
Meadow Brown ssp. insularis
Small Blue
Small Copper ssp. eleus
Wall
Durlston NNR SZ03287724 Adonis Blue
Brimstone ssp. rhamni
Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue ssp. icarus
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Essex Skipper
Gatekeeper
Grayling ssp. semele
Green Hairstreak
Green-veined White ssp. sabellicae
Grizzled Skipper
Holly Blue
Large Skipper
Lulworth Skipper
Purple Hairstreak
Small Skipper
Eaglehead Copse SZ582877 Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Hordle Cliff SZ269920 Green Hairstreak
Horseshoe Bay SZ575777 Glanville Fritillary
Kinson Common SZ060960 Grayling ssp. semele
Purple Hairstreak
Sopley Common SZ129971 Grayling ssp. semele
Green Hairstreak
Silver-studded Blue ssp. argus
White Admiral
Studland Heath SZ03408350 Grayling ssp. semele
Silver-studded Blue ssp. argus
Swanpond Copse SZ597902 White Admiral
Townsend Quarry SZ020780 Adonis Blue
Brown Argus
Chalk Hill Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper ssp. tages
Grayling ssp. semele
Lulworth Skipper
Small Blue
Walters Copse SZ430905 Purple Hairstreak
Silver-washed Fritillary
Wall
White Admiral
Wheelers Bay SZ568774 Glanville Fritillary
Whitecliff Bay SZ64048614 Glanville Fritillary