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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24636810 | 2023-12-01 | SU818995 | Promised Land Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Soil pits taken from field margin. Field used as pasture. | 053 field margin | 5 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 |
| 24231299 | 2023-10-25 | SK438432 | Mapperley Wood | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Deciduous woodland. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24231260 | 2023-10-17 | SE160972 | Foxglove Covert Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Willow carr. | 012 carr | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 24231252 | 2023-10-17 | SE157969 | Foxglove Covert Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Grassland (managed for wax cap). | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24231186 | 2023-10-16 | SE070975 | Woodhouse Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Pasture. Ploughed relatively recently. | 052 pasture | 5 | 11 | 0 | 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 |
| 24029791 | 2023-10-07 | TQ147853 | Ealing Northern | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Grassland surrounded by leylandii | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22603255 | 2023-05-27 | SO987034 | Bathurst Farm | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Bathurst Farm control field for Sapperton Wilder experiment. Arable. Fallow/ | 051 arable | 5 | 5 | 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 |
| 22603226 | 2023-05-29 | SO936014 | CP Farm | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | CP Farming control for Sapperton Wilder experiment. Arable field. | 051 arable | 5 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 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 |
| 22603182 | 2023-05-24 | SO941018 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Southern block. Field name: Owl. Arable. Limestone brash. Lots of juveniles in soil pits, including suspected Aporrectodea longa and Lumbricus rubellus. | 051 arable | 5 | 52 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22603083 | 2023-05-20 | SO943021 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Southern block. Field name: Woodpecker. Arable. Fallow. Limestone brash. | 051 arable | 5 | 41 | 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 |
| 22603059 | 2023-05-20 | SO942018 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Southern block. Field name: Beech. Arable. Fallow. Limestone Brash. | 051 arable | 5 | 34 | 0 | 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 |
| 22603014 | 2023-05-24 | SO953031 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Northern block. Field name: Bee. Arable. Fallow. Limestone brash. | 051 arable | 5 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 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 |
| 22602938 | 2023-05-23 | SO949034 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiement. Northern block. Field name: Swallow. Arable. Fallow. | 051 arable | 5 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 22602915 | 2023-05-23 | SO951033 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiement. Northern block. Field name: Hawthorne. Arable. Fallow. | 051 arable | 5 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 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 |
| 22602875 | 2023-05-23 | SO951036 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiement. Northern block. Field name: Butterfly. Arable. Fallow. Limestone brash. | 051 arable | 5 | 21 | 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 |
| 22602450 | 2023-05-20 | SO950024 | Sapperton Wilder | Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiement. Central block. Field name: Oak. Limestone brash arable. Fallow 2 years. | 051 arable | 5 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22440214 | 2023-06-17 | TQ119744 | Hounslow Heath | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Heathland. Heather patch sampled.No identifiable adults and only 2 damaged worms found. | 020 HEATHLAND/MOORLAND | 5 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22440197 | 2023-06-17 | TQ122746 | Hounslow Heath | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Reedbed, though fairly dried out and soil not damp at all. | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 13 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22440185 | 2023-06-17 | TQ121741 | Hounslow Heath | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Mature hawthorn-dominated woodland. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22174151 | 2023-05-17 | SO955032 | Sapperton Wilder | Keiron Derek Brown and Charlie Nash | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Northern block. Field name: Buzzard. 2 years fallow, previously grazed by sheep. | 051 arable | 5 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 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 |
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.