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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| 25242815 | 2024-03-27 | TQ209661 | Six Acre Meadow | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 35 | 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25186513 | 2024-03-25 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 040 URBAN | 5 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25021645 | 2024-02-27 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 040 URBAN | 5 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24870830 | 2024-01-29 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 040 URBAN | 5 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24727832 | 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 not cleared. | 041 park | 10 | 92 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 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 |
| 24727814 | 2023-11-16 | TQ265802 | 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 not cleared. | 041 park | 10 | 154 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24645068 | 2023-12-26 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 040 URBAN | 5 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24636877 | 2023-11-16 | TQ265802 | 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. | 041 park | 10 | 158 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24636875 | 2023-11-21 | TQ264801 | 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 not cleared. | 041 park | 10 | 244 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 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 |
| 24636870 | 2023-11-21 | TQ264802 | 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. | 041 park | 10 | 196 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 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 |
| 24636859 | 2023-11-09 | TQ158697 | Bushy Park | 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 not cleared. | 041 park | 10 | 159 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24636855 | 2023-11-09 | TQ158697 | Bushy Park | 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. | 041 park | 10 | 81 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24636853 | 2023-11-09 | TQ158699 | Bushy Park | 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 not cleared. | 041 park | 10 | 259 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24636852 | 2023-11-09 | TQ158699 | Bushy Park | 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. | 041 park | 10 | 258 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 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 |
| 24636841 | 2023-12-01 | SU869997 | Collings Hanger Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. soil pits taken from under base of hedgerow. | 054 hedgerow | 27 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 24636808 | 2023-12-01 | SP827002 | Stocken Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Field margin of field (pasture) next to hedge row. | 053 field margin | 5 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 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 |
| 24636790 | 2023-11-13 | SP880027 | Road Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Soil pits from base of hedgerow. | 054 hedgerow | 5 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24636787 | 2023-11-13 | SU827974 | Manor Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Soil pits along base of hedgerow. | 054 hedgerow | 5 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 24413091 | 2023-11-25 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 040 URBAN | 5 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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.