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Butterfly App (2023)

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.

Butterfly App totals so far for 2023

Recorders Species Counts League

Recorders Record Counts League

Counties Species Counts League

*Vice counties are a version of the county boundaries which don't keep changing, so they are very useful for biological records.

Counties Records Counts League

Earthworm Society of Britain Soil Pit samples

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
339462952025-11-19SZ536933Palmers Field 8Helen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5x pits, 4x arranged in a square with the 5th positioned centrally. Soil categorised as Silty Clay Loam (soil testing for mineral content) and soilscapes number 18 'Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils'. Ex-arable site being repurposed for rewilding. No conservation grazing applied to the site yet. 030 GRASSLAND54607020001030000000000001005035000000
339463972025-11-19SZ536931Palmers Field 13Helen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5x pits, 4x arranged in a square with the 5th positioned centrally. Soil categorised as Silty Clay Loam (soil testing for mineral content) and soilscapes number 18 'Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils'. Ex-arable site being repurposed for rewilding. No conservation grazing applied to the site yet. ALOT of juveniles found in this field. Soil waterlogged to the point that the bottom of the sample pits hit the water table. 030 GRASSLAND544201018020101000000000000000212000000
339464572025-11-19SZ536929Palmers Field 15Helen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5x pits, 4x arranged in a square with the 5th positioned centrally. Soil categorised as Silty Clay Loam (soil testing for mineral content) and soilscapes number 18 'Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils'. Ex-arable site being repurposed for rewilding. No conservation grazing applied to the site yet. Thick waterlogged clay field.030 GRASSLAND514905010000010000000007000000022000000
339463792025-11-19SZ542931Palmers Field 11Helen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5x pits, 4x arranged in a square with the 5th positioned centrally. Soil categorised as Silty Clay Loam (soil testing for mineral content) and soilscapes number 6 'Freely draining slightly acid loamy soils'. Ex-arable site being repurposed for rewilding. No conservation grazing applied to the site yet. 030 GRASSLAND576010200030110000000000000000012000000
339462502025-11-19SZ541935Palmers Field 5Helen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5x pits, 4x arranged in a square with the 5th positioned centrally. Soil categorised as Silty Clay Loam (soil testing for mineral content) and soilscapes number 6 'Freely draining slightly acid loamy soils'. Ex-arable site being repurposed for rewilding. No conservation grazing applied to the site yet. 030 GRASSLAND57200022000004000000000000000000000000
180564462022-04-06TQ321819Barbican Wildlife GardenKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5 x Soil pits in wildflower meadow of community wildlife garden.044 garden580100000000000000000000600010000010
292726362023-03-24SZ5596488030Little Duxmore FarmAgatha ThompsonSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition6 fields were surveyed. Each field had 5 pits dug (4 pits positioned in a square separated by 5 to 10m and then a central pit).030 GRASSLAND3010010204601002070000000001005204510000100
140555882021-03-31SU68657286Prospect Park, ReadingKatie JenksSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition6 x Juv032 neutral grassland560401000000000000000000000020000000
140555622021-03-31SU67957407McIlroy ParkKatie JenksSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition6 x Juv 2 x damaged032 neutral grassland580100000100000000000000000040000000
120204872020-10-12SU67227474Arthur Newbery ParkKatie JenksSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition7 x Juvenile032 neutral grassland570001000000000000000000000000010000
125036312021-01-04SU63627358Moor CopseKatie JenksSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition7 x Juvenile 1 x damaged032 neutral grassland580200010100000000000000100020000000
120462072020-10-18SU63947382Moor CopseKatie JenksSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition8 x Juvenile071 deciduous580201000000000000000000000100000000
295289412025-03-29TQ376850Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionAmenity grassland. Slope. Sandy soil.046 amenity grassland/lawn108101011000200000000000000040500000000
339716582025-11-11TQ447739Avery Hill CampusKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionAmenity lawn (Southwood House lawn). 10 soil-pit transect. Avery Hill Campus of the University of Greenwich. Soil very dry.046 amenity grassland/lawn108701016080212000000000000000000000000
328313912025-10-29TQ257408Gatwick Airport: North West ZoneKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionAncient woodland071 deciduous10180006000112000000000000000000000000
174763792022-02-11SO834682FSC Bishops WoodKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionAncient Woodland. Sampled through the FSC BioLinks Soil Invertebrate Field Recorder Day.071 deciduous530000000000010010000000000000000000
299418482025-05-15TQ201070AppleshamKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionApplesham. Arable. Very dry - sampling following a very dry spring.051 arable5400400000000000000000000000000000000
284725122024-12-02SU791931Kencham FarmKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionArable. Cover Crop. Minimum till. Field Name: Kencham End.051 arable109903005000001000000000000000000000000
187907972017-04-01SE442420University of Leeds FarmMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesArable. Grassland to arable in 2009. Hillside Field. Connected arable ley strip. Transect of 6 hand-sorted soil pits (each 18 x 18 x 15 cm). SoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire, England (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d3dcfd8a-918d-48a4-9511-ec832de34636 051 arable61570900000401000000000000600020000020
187905172016-04-01SE442420University of Leeds FarmMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesArable. Grassland to arable in 2009. Hillside Field. Connected arable ley strip. Transect of 6 hand-sorted soil pits (each 18 x 18 x 15 cm). SoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire, England (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d3dcfd8a-918d-48a4-9511-ec832de34636 051 arable65901300000302000000000000200000000020
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iRecord video guides

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.

VMFW Farmland Bird Survey


This recording form is for entering bird observations collected by volunteers participating in the Volunteer Monitoring of Farm Wildlife project.


 

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