Transect Walks

Transects are routes that have been set up to monitor butterflies in important areas. They are walked regularly by volunteers following strict guidelines. For more information about Transects, click here for an overview of what they are and how it is done, or click here for a more comprehensive history and detail.

The current list of Transects are in the grid below and a map showing general distribution is available here. Some of the walks, marked *, contain expanded walk descriptions from the forthcoming book "Butterfly Walks in Dorset", but the basic routes are still those followed by the transect walkers. If you are interested in becoming involved with a Transect near you, please e-mail Bill Shreeves.

For an analysis of the results in 2000, please click here.

For an analysis of the results in 2001, please click here.

For an analysis of the results in 2002, please click here.

For an analysis of the results in 2003, please click here.

The Dorset Supplement to the Millennium Atlas 2000-03 is available to view here.

Key	Site Name	Owner/Manager	Habitat	Region	Grid Ref
1	Avon Heath CP North	Dorset County Council/RSPB	Heathland	East	SU12/03
2	Avon Heath CP South	Dorset County Council/RSPB	Heathland	East	SU12/03
3*	Badbury Rings	National Trust	Chalk Downland	East	ST96/03
4	Garston Wood	RSPB	Woodland	East	SU00/19
5	Iford Landfill	Bournemouth Borough Council	Urban	East	SZ13/93
6*	Moors Valley CP	East Dorset District Council	Heathland/Grassland	East	SU10/05
7*	Pamphill	National Trust	Neutral Grassland	East	ST99/00
8*	Sopley Common	Dorset Wildlife Trust/Forestry Commission	Heathland	East	SZ12/97
9	Stour Valley	Bournemouth Borough Council	Wetland/Grassland	East	ST08/96
10	West Moors	MoD (RLC)	Heathland	East	SU08/04
11	Wimborne St Giles	Private	Scrub/Grassland	East	SU04/11
12	Cashmoor	Private	Chalk Downland	North	ST98/13
13*	Clubmen's Down	National Trust	Chalk Downland	North	ST88/18
14	Deadmoor Common	Private	Scrub/Neutral Grass	North	ST75/10
15*	Duncliffe Wood	Woodland Trust	Woodland	North	ST81/22
16*	Fifehead Wood	Woodland Trust	Woodland	North	ST77/21
17*	Fontmell Down	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Chalk Downland	North	ST88/17
18	Girdler's Coppice	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Woodland	North	ST79/13
19*	Hod Hill	National Trust	Chalk Downland	North	ST81/10
20*	Jerry's Hole	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Scrub/Chalk Grassland	North	ST81/16
21	Lydlinch Common	Private	Scrub/Neutral Grassland	North	ST73/13
22	Melbury Down & Wood	National Trust/Private	Woodland/Chalk Downland	North	ST90/19
23*	Piddle's Wood	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Woodland	North	ST79/12
24	Sovell Down	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Chalk Downland	North	ST99/11
25*	Stubhampton Bottom	Forest Enterprise	Woodland	North	ST89/16
26*	Ballard Down	Private/Wessex Water	Chalk Downland	South	SZ02/80
27	Durlston CP (East)	Dorset County Council	Limestone	South	SZ03/77
28	Durlston CP (West)	Dorset County Council	Limestone	South	SZ02/77
29*	Higher Hyde	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Heathland	South	SY85/90
30	Oaker's Wood	Private	Woodland	South	SY80/91
31	Studland	English Nature	Heathland	South	SZ02/83
32*	Tadnoll	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Heathland	South	SY79/87
33	Townsend Quarry	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Limestone	South	SZ02/78
34	Brackett's Coppice	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Woodland	West	ST51/07
35	Cerne Abbas	Private	Chalk Downland	West	ST66/01
36	Hog Cliff	English Nature	Chalk Downland	West	SY62/96
37	Kingcombe Pound	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Farmland/Neutral Grassland	West	SY55/99
38	Kingcombe Redholm	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Farmland/Neutral Grassland	West	SY55/98
39	Kingcombe Stones	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Farmland/Neutral Grassland	West	SY54/98
40*	Portland Broadcroft	Butterfly Conservation Dorset Branch	Limestone	West	SY69/72
41*	Portland Tout	Portland Town Council	Limestone	West	SY68/72
42*	Powerstock Bridleway	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Woodland	West	SY54/97
43	Powerstock North	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Woodland	West	SY54/97
44	Powerstock Poorwood	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Woodland	West	SY53/97
45	Powerstock Railway	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Woodland	West	SY54/97
46*	The Milldown	North Dorset District Council	Farmland/Chalk Downland	North	ST88/07
47	Ham Common	Poole Borough Council	Heathland	East	SY98/90
48	Holton Lee	Poole Borough Council	Heathland	East	SY96/91
49	Upton Heath North	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Heathland	East	SY98/95
50	Upton Heath South	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Heathland	East	SY98/94
51	Portland Perryfields	Butterfly Conservation Dorset Branch	Limestone	West	SY69/71
52	Corfe Castle Mound	National Trust	Chalk Downland	South	SY95/82
53	Corfe, West Hill	National Trust	Chalk Downland	South	SY95/82
54	Lulworth Lake	Private	Farmland	South	SY86/83
55	Kinson Common	Bournemouth Borough Council	Heathland/Grassland/Woodland	East	SZ06/96
56	Hethfelton Wood	Forest Enterprise	Woodland	South	SY85/87
57	Lorton Meadows	Dorset Wildlife Trust	Farmland/Grassland	West	SY67/82

Please note that anyone undertaking walks described on these pages do so entirely at their own risk. Although we research these walks to the best of our abilities, we cannot guarantee the acuracy of the routes, the maps or any descriptions, and Butterfly Conservation and the Authors of the walks on this site cannot accept any responsibility for any losses or accidents that ensue from following our walks. Please take care and walk bearing in mind your own safety and that of others and the countryside around you at all times.

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