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Resources for verifiers

Thank you for agreeing to verify records using iRecord and helping to make high quality biological records available to support research and conservation. These pages linked below provide a guide to all aspects of verifying records on iRecord. If you have any additional questions please contact us on [email protected].

We send out occasional email updates to verifiers via Mailchimp, see list below.

Butterfly App (2026)

Welcome a summary of data collected by the iRecord Butterflies mobile phone application for 2026.  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 2026

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

Enter a casual record

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Select the date of the record.

Personal details

Please provide your first name

Please provide your surname

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Please provide your email address. This will only be used to contact you if we require further information to verify the record.

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Please add the recorder's name, if it is not already shown, using the format "Surname, First name"

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Enter the species name using * as a wildcard

 

How certain of this identification are you?

 

Provide an indication of the abundance

 

Please indicate the sex of the organism, if recorded.

Please indicate the life stage of the organism, if recorded.

 

If anyone helped with the identification please enter their name here

Sensitivity

This is the precision that the record will be shown at for public viewing

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Provide the name of the site, ideally using one that is recognisable from an OS map. Do not enter a postal address as the information you provide will be visible to others.

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Or simply click on your rough position on the map.


 

German Hairy Snail survey

This is the recording form for the German Hairy Snail - welcome and please add your records here. The survey focuses on the species of snail known as Pseudotrichia rubiginosa.

 

Visit the project page at https://www.citizenzoo.org/our-work/german-hairy-snail/. 

View the methodology document here.......

 

 

Personal details

Please provide your first name

Please provide your surname

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Please provide your email. This will only be used to contact you if we require further information to verify the record.

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Please add your name, if it is not already shown, using the format "Surname, First name"

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Select the date on which you searched for this snail.

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Use * as a wildcard when searching for species names. If anyone helped with the identification please enter their name under "Identified by".

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Non-native land flatworms

Non-native land flatworms have been accidentally introduced to the UK in imported pot plants and newly arrived species continue to be discovered. Once introduced these flatworms can reproduce rapidly, cannot be eradicated, and pose a risk to native soil invertebrates such as earthworms by feeding on them.

Scientists have found that in some areas, non-native flatworms can reduce local earthworm populations by 20% – this could have a huge impact on soil health and agriculture, as well as our native soil wildlife.

By adding your findings to this survey, you will help us to better understand how non-native flatworms are spreading around the UK, and you may alert us to a newly arrived species.

For more information about non-native flatworms, including an ID guide, please visit https://www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns/potwatch/
 

Personal details

Please provide your first name

Please provide your surname

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Please provide your email address. This will only be used to contact you if we require further information to verify the record.

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If you are unsure of the species, select "Turbellaria - flatworms"

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Add the names of additional recorders (other than the iRecord account holder)

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