Mountain Ringlet Survey 2011 /
Habitat Assessment & Adult Count

PLEASE FILL IN UNSHADED AREAS OF THE FORM & SEND TO:

Dr Andrew Masterman, 1/3, 214 Calder St, Glasgow. G42 7PE

Recorder Name & Address: / County:
OS Map No:
(1:50 000)
Mountain Name: / Date:(Day:Month:Year)
OS 1 km Square eg NN7824 / Aspect:

Please survey this 1 km square with a walk of 500-750 m within it.

Binoculars may be useful in scanning slopes at a distance.

Number of Mountain Ringlet Seen in 1 km square
Six figure grid refs of observations (if not using GPS)

Are you emailing GPS waymarks relating to Mountain Ringlet sightings? Yes / No

Sheep Grazing: Yes / No; 1 hectare (ha) is an area 100 x 100 m; 1 km square is 100 ha

1) AltitudeRange & Aspect assessment of 1 km square:
Please tick (a), (b) or (c):
(a) Less than 10 ha S-facing slopes from 400-800 m
(b) 10-30 ha S-facing slopes from 400-800 m
(c) More than 30 ha S-facing slopes from 400-800 m
2) Mat-grass assessment in area estimated in 1):
Please tick (a), (b) or (c):
(a) Less than 10 ha Mat-grass grassland - Purple moor grass /Heather/Blaeberry/Rock / Other dominant:
(b) 10-30 ha with Mat-grass grassland:
(c) More than 30 ha with Mat-grass grassland:

Score the abundance of the following flowering plants by looking in dry gullies and gullies with streams and by looking at the vegetation outside gullies: above 600 m, wild thyme, heath bedstraw and alpine lady’s mantle may form extensive carpets of flowers while tormentil and meadow buttercup may be scattered throughout lush mat-grass swards above 400 m.

0 - absent 1 – present in gullies 2 – abundant in gullies

3 – abundant in gullies and large areas outside gullies

Please circleonescore per spp: / Plant Abundance Scores
Heath Bedstraw: / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Wild Thyme: / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Meadow Buttercup: / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Tormentil: / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Alpine Lady’s Mantle: / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Record observations of Mountain Ringlet feeding.

Tick a box each time you see a Mountain Ringlet probing with proboscis on flower

Nectaring Plants / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
Heath Bedstraw:
Wild Thyme:
Meadow Buttercup:
Tormentil:
Alpine Lady’s Mantle: