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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| 24727816 | 2023-11-16 | TQ266802 | Kensington Gardens | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of the Leave The Leaves project with The Royal Parks. 10 soil pits along a linear transect. Area where leaves cleared. | 046 amenity grassland/lawn | 10 | 174 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 22113700 | 2023-05-23 | SD984978 | Hazel Brow Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Managed as meadow for decades (possibly centuries). | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 49 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22113679 | 2023-05-23 | SD983980 | Hazel Brow Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Low-input. semi-o+improved pasture. | 052 pasture | 5 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22044854 | 2023-05-17 | SD702487 | New Laithe | Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field managed as meadow for 30 years. Seed donor site for Hay Time project. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 94 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21877917 | 2023-05-03 | SD521649 | Hermitage Field Community Meadow | Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Base of hedgerow at edge of Hermitage Field Community Meadow (year 3 of restoration - previously heavily grazed). | 054 hedgerow | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21775481 | 2023-04-25 | SU043234 | Middleton Down Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek brown and Anna Cooper | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Lowland calcareous grassland (chalk downland) grazed by cattle. | 033 calcareous grassland | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 20970792 | 2022-11-29 | SJ434141 | FSC Preston Montford | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Edge of sheep-grazed hay meadow. Sampled during BioLinks Identifying & Recording Earthworms course. | 054 hedgerow | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 20948509 | 2022-11-26 | TQ174527 | FSC Juniper Hall | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Young orchard at field centre. All pits within 1 metre of young trees. Sampled during BioLinks Identifying & Recording Earthworms course. | 042 orchard | 5 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20934798 | 2022-11-26 | TQ172526 | FSC Juniper Hall | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during BioLinks Identifying & Recording Earthworms course. Grass lawn in front of Juniper Hall. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20817836 | 2022-11-14 | TQ204651 | Tolworth Court Farm Moated Manor | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | FSC BioLinks earthworm survey of Tolworth Court Farm Moated Manor. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20811636 | 2022-11-13 | SU111256 | Coombes Bissett Down Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled through Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Action For Insects project. Pasture with cow pats. All pits had lots of casts on surface. | 033 calcareous grassland | 5 | 77 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20769401 | 2022-11-12 | SU016939 | Lower Moor Farm Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled through Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Action For Insects project. Sandpool Farm on Lower Moor Farm Nature Reserve. | 052 pasture | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
| 20334669 | 2022-09-23 | TQ198651 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | FSC BioLinks survey of Tolworth Court Farm Fields. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 20334644 | 2022-09-23 | TQ198653 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | FSC BioLinks survey of Tolworth Court Farm Fields. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
| 19743884 | 2022-05-09 | SO820634 | Holt Lock Island | Rachel Davies | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | BioLinks lock islands survey. Wildflower area left uncut in orchard. | 042 orchard | 5 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19743777 | 2022-06-09 | SO847535 | Diglis Lock Island | Rachel Davies | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | BioLinks lock islands survey. Orchard. Unmown. | 042 orchard | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19743527 | 2022-04-08 | SO836593 | Bevere Lock Island | Rachel Davies | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | BioLinks lock islands survey. Lock island with orchard. Managed as a garden. | 044 garden | 5 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
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.