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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
Here are a few of the photos recently uploaded from the Butterfly App.
Trending species
Trending recorders
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 |
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| 24231240 | 2023-10-17 | SE158971 | Foxglove Covert Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Grassland (not cut). | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 131 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22440261 | 2023-06-14 | TQ205670 | Hogsmill Wood Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 071 deciduous | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22440185 | 2023-06-17 | TQ121741 | Hounslow Heath | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Mature hawthorn-dominated woodland. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22113847 | 2023-05-23 | SD982796 | Low Houses Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Fenced off ungrazed scrub area in between fields. Some sparse tree cover. | 053 field margin | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22044789 | 2023-05-16 | SD839457 | Little Middop Farm | Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Hay time project meadow restoration site. Pre-restoration. Grazed and no chemical inputs for 2.5 years. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21944296 | 2023-05-10 | TQ151841 | Paradise Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Pond edge | 015 pond/lake (bed/edge) | 5 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 16631166 | 2021-09-23 | TQ193740 | Richmond Park | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Circular transect around fenced tree in park. | 031 acid grassland | 6 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16105136 | 2021-09-04 | NX988157 | Rutland Avenue | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 044 garden | 5 | 151 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29542917 | 2025-04-02 | TQ292399 | Gatwick Airport: Land Zone East | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Rolls Field. Land Zone East (Gatwick Airport) | 030 GRASSLAND | 10 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29528949 | 2025-03-29 | TQ374850 | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Slope cleared of bramble - to be managed as scrub. | 062 scrub with open areas | 10 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29273496 | 2024-11-05 | SZ590880 | Nunwell South | Helen Gillooly | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field 11 | 120 OTHER (please specify) | 5 | 188 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29272636 | 2023-03-24 | SZ5596488030 | Little Duxmore Farm | Agatha Thompson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 6 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 GRASSLAND | 30 | 1001 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22440340 | 2023-06-14 | TQ205668 | Southwood Open Space | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Woodland glade | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17785262 | 2022-03-19 | SJ410709 | Butterhill Meadow | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Rough grassland (semi-improved) | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17282862 | 2022-02-13 | SO527511 | Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Wet woodland. Occasionally floods. Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project. | 071 deciduous | 5 | 21 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16632449 | 2021-09-23 | TQ194738 | Richmond Park | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Circular transect around unfenced tree in park. | 030 GRASSLAND | 6 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14734635 | 2021-05-28 | SP476078 | Whytham Woods | Keiron Derek Brown & Liam Crowley | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 18 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 fen | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33946295 | 2025-11-19 | SZ536933 | Palmers Field 8 | Helen Gillooly | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 5x 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 GRASSLAND | 5 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29528941 | 2025-03-29 | TQ376850 | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Amenity grassland. Slope. Sandy soil. | 046 amenity grassland/lawn | 10 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Butterfly App (2022)
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.
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.