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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
242312402023-10-17SE158971Foxglove Covert Nature ReserveKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionGrassland (not cut).030 GRASSLAND5131040110031003000000000000000310001000
224402612023-06-14TQ205670Hogsmill Wood Nature ReserveKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition071 deciduous520002000300000000000000000300000000
224401852023-06-17TQ121741Hounslow HeathKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionMature hawthorn-dominated woodland.071 deciduous5120000000002000000000000100300000000
221138472023-05-23SD982796Low Houses FarmKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionFenced off ungrazed scrub area in between fields. Some sparse tree cover.053 field margin5260101000100000000000200010300004010
220447892023-05-16SD839457Little Middop FarmKeiron Derek Brown and Carol EdmondsonSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionHay time project meadow restoration site. Pre-restoration. Grazed and no chemical inputs for 2.5 years.030 GRASSLAND5440208000001000000000000000310040010
219442962023-05-10TQ151841Paradise FieldsKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionPond edge015 pond/lake (bed/edge)5910101000300010000000500200301001010
177852562022-03-19SJ407708Chester Zoo Nature ReserveKeiron Derek BrownSherlock, E. (2012) AIDGAP Key to the earthworms of the UK and IrelandWet grassland030 GRASSLAND550204000001000000000100000300000000
166311662021-09-23TQ193740Richmond ParkKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionCircular transect around fenced tree in park.031 acid grassland61050204000100000000000000000300000000
161051362021-09-04NX988157Rutland AvenueKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition044 garden51510108000304000000000000100300000000
295429172025-04-02TQ292399Gatwick Airport: Land Zone EastKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionRolls Field. Land Zone East (Gatwick Airport)030 GRASSLAND1013000033010006000000000000010400000050
295289492025-03-29TQ374850Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSlope cleared of bramble - to be managed as scrub.062 scrub with open areas1020100015000000000000000000210400000000
292734962024-11-05SZ590880Nunwell SouthHelen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionField 11120 OTHER (please specify)518802603000002000000000000000400000000
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
224403402023-06-14TQ205668Southwood Open SpaceKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionWoodland glade030 GRASSLAND5460704010000000000000000000400000000
177852622022-03-19SJ410709Butterhill MeadowKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionRough grassland (semi-improved)030 GRASSLAND5480301000002000000000000000400000000
172828622022-02-13SO527511Bodenham Lake Nature ReserveKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionWet woodland. Occasionally floods. Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project.071 deciduous5210003000000000000000000000400009000
166324492021-09-23TQ194738Richmond ParkKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionCircular transect around unfenced tree in park.030 GRASSLAND68900022020201000000000000030400010000
147346352021-05-28SP476078Whytham WoodsKeiron Derek Brown & Liam CrowleySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition18 unidentifed earthworms (juvenile/damaged) collected as part of soil pit sampling (ESB 5-pit protocol). Collected Darwin Tree of Life project surveys. No genetic samples or voucher specimens retained. Identified using Sherlock 2018.011 fen5330003000005000000000000000400000000
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
295289412025-03-29TQ376850Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionAmenity grassland. Slope. Sandy soil.046 amenity grassland/lawn108101011000200000000000000040500000000
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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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