Eighteen wonderful volunteers turned up for the count, travelling from far and wide. Thank you everyone for making such an effort.
The count was low - given that the count the previous year was the highest ever with 651 eggs found on the day along the 500m foreshore transect.
However, the bigger picture shows that 232 is the seventh highest number out of 20 counts, so pretty good overall.
West
Williamston SSSI Annual Brown Hairstreak Egg Count
Sunday
December 6th 2014.
|
Area
|
No
|
Volunteers
|
Blkthorn
status previous year
|
Blackthorn
management
|
|
000 - 025
|
19
|
Steven,
Anne, John &
Viv
|
v good
|
|
|
025 - 050
|
39
|
“ “ “ “
|
v good
|
|
|
B
Glade
|
16
|
“ “ “ “
|
good
|
|
|
B
Glade 2nd
|
3
|
“ “ “ “
|
ok
|
|
|
050 - 075
|
11
|
“ “ “ “
|
good
|
|
|
075 - 100
|
7
|
“ “ “
“
|
ok
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100 - 125
|
12
|
David, Andy,
Ruth & Val
|
poor
|
|
|
125 - 150
|
3
|
“
“ “ “
|
poor
|
|
|
150 - 175
|
5
|
“
“ “ “
|
good
|
|
|
175 - 200
|
10
|
“
“ “ “
|
good
|
|
|
Bracken
Patch
|
8
|
|
good
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200 - 225
|
39
|
Richard,
George, Paul, Gareth
|
v good
|
|
|
225 - 250
|
35
|
and Tony
|
v good
|
|
|
250 - 275
|
9
|
“
“ “ “
“
|
ok
|
|
|
275 - 300
|
2
|
“
“ “ “
“
|
v poor
|
|
|
Shallow
Pool
|
1
|
David, Andy, Ruth & Val
|
poor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 - 325
|
4
|
Nathan, Kiara,
Alan & Nikki
|
ok
|
|
|
325 - 350
|
1
|
“ “ “ “
|
poor
|
|
|
350 - 375
|
0
|
“ “ “ “
|
v poor
|
|
|
375 - 400
|
0
|
“ “ “ “
|
v poor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
400 - 425
|
5
|
Nathan,
Kiara, Alan & Nikki
|
poor
|
|
|
425 - 450
|
2
|
“
“ “ “
|
poor
|
|
|
450 - 475
|
1
|
“
“ “ “
|
poor
|
|
|
475 - 500
|
0
|
“ “
“ “
|
poor
|
|
|
Total
|
232
|
|
|
|
(NB 1st
December 2013 – transect total = 651 …….
end March 2014 overall reserve total = 1,661 eggs.)
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