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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29942026 | 2025-05-07 | SD778379 | Cockshots Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Top Field. Pasture. | 052 pasture | 5 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 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 |
| 36310479 | 2026-04-30 | SD778379 | Cockshots Farm | Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Top Row. Pasture. | 052 pasture | 5 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21775498 | 2023-04-25 | SU045235 | Middleton Down Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek brown and Anna Cooper | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Under gorse. Lowland calcareous grassland (chalk downland) grazed by cattle. | 033 calcareous grassland | 5 | 8 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21775569 | 2023-04-25 | SU050233 | Middleton Down Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown and Anna Cooper | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Under tree at field margin. Lowland calcareous grassland (chalk downland) grazed by cattle. | 053 field margin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8429355 | 2020-03-16 | SX504586 | Poole Farm | Victoria Wakeham | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | University of Plymouth field trip to Poole Farm | 052 pasture | 5 | 18 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 8429351 | 2020-03-16 | SX504586 | Poole Farm | Nicholas Elliott; Dante Underwood | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | University of Plymouth field trip to Poole Farm | 052 pasture | 5 | 27 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8429333 | 2020-03-16 | SX504586 | Poole Farm | Nicholas Elliott; Dante underwood | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | University of Plymouth field trip to Poole Farm | 052 pasture | 5 | 40 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8429308 | 2020-03-16 | SX504586 | Poole Farm | Bethan Toy; Rhianna Trim | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | University of Plymouth field trip to Poole Farm | 052 pasture | 5 | 14 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12086398 | 2020-10-26 | SU50476582 | Bowdown Woods | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Very excited about A. nocturna! Had a hunch as soon as I saw it. Carr woodland | 071 deciduous | 5 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32831434 | 2025-10-29 | TQ257407 | Gatwick Airport: North West Zone | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Very few earthworms. | 071 deciduous | 10 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12589862 | 2021-01-18 | SU59908538 | Cholsey marsh | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Very waterlogged. Juvenile x 4 | 011 fen | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21944316 | 2023-05-10 | TQ152840 | Paradise Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Very wet grassland. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12503624 | 2021-01-04 | SU64097358 | Moor Copse | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Waterlogged ditch bank in woodland | 071 deciduous | 5 | 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 |
| 12589868 | 2021-01-18 | SU59718522 | Cholsey marsh | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Waterlogged river bank Juvenile x 1 | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12589865 | 2021-01-18 | SU59868537 | Cholsey marsh | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Waterlogged river bank Juvenile x 1 | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21751826 | 2023-04-18 | TQ220757 | Barnes Common | Keiron Derek Brown and Will Scott-Mends | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Wet ditch in wooded area. | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16714640 | 2021-12-03 | TQ159938 | Stanmore Common | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Wet flush at stream confluence in deciduous woodland. Next to pendula sedge. | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 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 |
| 32831111 | 2025-11-20 | J505789 | Balloo Wetland | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Wet glassland | 010 WETLAND | 10 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17785256 | 2022-03-19 | SJ407708 | Chester Zoo Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock, E. (2012) AIDGAP Key to the earthworms of the UK and Ireland | Wet grassland | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12201610 | 2020-11-19 | SU45146918 | Rack Marsh | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Wet meadow | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 1 | 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 |
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.