Many recorders are motivated to record wildlife because they want to ensure that records are available to decision makers, planning authorities, scientists, recording schemes and societies.
iRecord allows you to customise several aspects including the species groups you like to record most often and the region, county or area you most often record in.
Activities on iRecord are a way of organizing recording to enable the compilation and reporting of records for particular sites or geographic areas, and for particular species or groups of species; they are a great option for those running a bioblitz.
All non-sensitive records added to iRecord are immediately available for browsing on the Explore pages of the website, with their verification status (i.e. whether they have been checked by an expert and if so, the result) displayed.
iRecord is designed so that it is flexible enough to be used for a huge range of different wildlife recording needs and scenarios, and as such there are a number of different formats in which you can submit records on the iRecord website or mobile App, including a range of recording forms for different purposes, and Activities for group recording.
Welcome a summary of data collected by the iRecord Butterflies mobile phone application for 2023. If you have just submitted records, please note that it can take a few minutes for your records to appear on the reports.
*Vice counties are a version of the county boundaries which don't keep changing, so they are very useful for biological records.
Here are a few of the photos recently uploaded from the Butterfly App.
| id | date | gridref | location | recorders | idguide | comment | habitat | pits | unidentified | lumbricidae | a_chlor | a_calig_pre | a_calig_post | a_cupul | a_icter | a_limic | a_longa | a_noctu | a_rosea | b_eisen | b_rubid | d_attem | d_horte | d_octae | d_pygma | d_venet | e_andre | e_fetid | e_tetra | h_ocula | k_armad | l_casta | l_festi | l_frend | l_rubel | l_terre | m_mulda | m_phosp | o_cyane | o_lacte | p_ampil | s_mamma | s_tames |
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| 18611248 | 2022-06-01 | TQ202650 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Damp grassland. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18611237 | 2022-06-01 | TQ202649 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Wet sandy soil. Hogsmill river bank. | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18611123 | 2022-06-01 | TQ200652 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled on FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. | 032 neutral grassland | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18611058 | 2022-06-01 | TQ201652 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Soil dry in most pits. On the bund. | 032 neutral grassland | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18445475 | 2022-04-28 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Sheila Warbus | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 044 garden | 5 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18095085 | 2022-04-11 | TQ203671 | Elmbridge Meadows Open Space | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during FSCBioLinks field recorder day. Very wet soil at edge of pond. | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18095030 | 2022-04-11 | TQ204669 | Elmbridge Meadows Open Space | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during FSC BioLinks field recorder day. Deciduous woodland regularly flooded. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18095023 | 2022-04-11 | TQ199679 | Rose Walk Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled on FSC BioLinks field recorder day. Yellow meadow ant nests present. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18075063 | 2022-04-11 | SU45176922 | Rack Marsh | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18075057 | 2022-04-11 | SU45136921 | Rack Marsh | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 010 WETLAND | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18056446 | 2022-04-06 | TQ321819 | Barbican Wildlife Garden | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 5 x Soil pits in wildflower meadow of community wildlife garden. | 044 garden | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17476391 | 2022-02-11 | SO840683 | FSC Bishops Wood | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Receded edge of pond during dry winter period. Sampled through the FSC BioLinks Soil Invertebrate Field Recorder Day. | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17476379 | 2022-02-11 | SO834682 | FSC Bishops Wood | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ancient Woodland. Sampled through the FSC BioLinks Soil Invertebrate Field Recorder Day. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16714644 | 2021-12-03 | TQ157941 | Stanmore Common | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | No juvenile or adult earthworms found. Deciduous woodland dominated by birch and beech. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16711375 | 2021-12-03 | SU849217 | Iping Common | Anderson, Kieran | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Soil Pit 1 - SU 851 218 Long Grass Bimastos rubidus 1 Lumbricus rubellus 3 Juviniles 2 Soil Pit 2 - SU 851 218 Long Grass Nil Soil Pit 2 - SU 850 217 Bracken Juviniles 1 Soil Pit 4 - SU 849 217 Tree's Bimastos rubidus 1 Juviniles 4 Soil Pit 5 - SU 850 217 Old Burn Site Juviniles 2 | 021 lowland wet heath | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16706791 | 2021-11-26 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Sheila Warbus | Sherlock, E. (2012) AIDGAP Key to the earthworms of the UK and Ireland | November Garden Survey (part 1) | 044 garden | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16682918 | 2021-11-26 | TQ146888 | Harrow Recreation Ground | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Single soil pit in park amenity grassland. | 041 park | 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16632427 | 2021-09-23 | TQ194741 | Richmond Park | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Circular transect around fenced tree in park. | 062 scrub with open areas | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16631156 | 2021-09-02 | TQ289802 | Green Park | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 5-pit transect. Starting adjacent to footpath and running into park amenity grassland. Pits spaced 2m apart. | 041 park | 5 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14311484 | 2021-05-07 | SU51076515 | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 5 x Juv Wet woodland | 071 deciduous | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Welcome a summary of data collected by the iRecord Butterflies mobile phone application for 2022. If you have just submitted records, please note that it can take a few minutes for your records to appear on the reports.
A number of video guides to various aspects of iRecord are available, and these are listed below. They have been produced by a range of organisations and do not necessarily represent the views of iRecord, BRC or UKCEH, but all contain useful information and we are grateful to the organisations and individuals who have made them available, and especially to Keiron Derek Brown who has produced many of the videos in this list.