The Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey

The Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey is intended to complement, not replace transects, and enables records from a wide variety of habitats to be collected. Some squares will be rich in butterflies, others less so, but all results are important. Taking part involves doing two 1km walks on two days in July and August. In order to do the walks the survey route must be planned, and access permission must be obtained. For more information about this, see the WCBS guidance document produced by the UKBMS.
If you would like to volunteer to survey one of the vacant squares, or get more information, please contact the WCBS Co-ordinator at
Gridref Location Status
SP2405 Filkins, Carterton, Oxon Vacant
SP2502 Langford, Oxon Vacant
SP2818 Shipton station, Shipton under Wychwood, Oxon Vacant
SP3523 Wychwood Way, near Enstone, Oxon Adopted
SP4119 Glympton, Wootton, Oxon Adopted
SP4545 Great Bourton, Oxon Vacant
SP6124 NE Bicester, Oxon Vacant
SP6738 Stowe NT, Bucks Adopted
SP7130 Padbury, Bucks Vacant
SP7212 Nether Winchendon, Bucks Adopted
SP7222 Between Runt's Wood and Finemere Wood, Bucks Vacant
SP8230 Salden Wood, Newton Longville, Bucks Adopted
SP8314 Broughton Crossing, Aylesbury, Bucks Vacant
SP8434 Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes, Bucks Vacant
SP8437 South Laughton Valley Park, Milton Keynes, Bucks Vacant
SP8502 Hampden House, Gt Hampden, Bucks Adopted
SP9319 Horton Wharf, Cheddington, Bucks Vacant
SU2882 Ashdown Park NT, Ashbury, Bucks Adopted
SU3476 Haycroft Hill, Lambourne, Berks Adopted
SU4771 Snelsmore, Berks Adopted
SU4795 Sutton Wick, Oxon Adopted
SU6289 East of Wallingford, Oxon Adopted
SU7170 Whitley, Reading, Berks Adopted
SU7669 Carters Hill, Sindlesham, Berks Vacant
SU7689 South End, nr Turville, Bucks Adopted
SU7964 Finchampstead, Berks Vacant
SU9277 Windsor Marina, Oakley Green, Berks Vacant
SU9377 Dorney Lake, Eton Wick, Berks Adopted
SU9596 Coleshill, Amersham, Bucks Adopted
TQ0186 Tatling End, Gerrards Cross, Bucks Vacant
UKBMS WCBS guidance