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.......

 

 

This record is being submitted to iRecord. If you have an iRecord account, please log in so that this sighting appears in your records. If you are not already registered with iRecord we highly recommend to register so that you can view your previous records and use all the site’s facilities. However, you can continue without registering by providing your details below. We ask for these in case we need to contact you when verifying your sighting. They will not be used for any other purpose.
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.

Your survey details:
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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.

Please use this form to record observations of German Hairy Snail. If you did not find any during your survey, please add a record with "0" (zero) as the quantity. If at all possible add a photo of any specimens you found. (Note that this form is just just for German Hairy Snail - to record other species seen please use go to the "Record" menu, above.)
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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".

Provide the a location name for your site - this can be the name of your town or village, or other location name taken from an OS map. Do not enter your full postal address as the information you provide will be visible to others. If you do not wish to give your precise location use the map controls to zoom out so that you can select a 1km square (so that your grid reference has just four numbers, e.g. AB1234).
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Any additional comments about your snail survey can be added here:

Butterfly App (2025)

Welcome a summary of data collected by the iRecord Butterflies mobile phone application for 2025.  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 2025

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

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/
 

This record is being submitted to iRecord. If you have an iRecord account, please log in so that this sighting appears in your records. If you are not already registered with iRecord we highly recommend to register so that you can view your previous records and use all the site’s facilities. However, you can continue without registering by providing your details below. We ask for these in case we need to contact you when verifying your sighting. They will not be used for any other purpose.
Personal details

Please provide your first name

Please provide your surname

*

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

Please enter the species you saw and any other information about them.
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If you are unsure of the species, select "Turbellaria - flatworms"

Please provide the spatial reference of the record. You can enter the reference directly, or search for a place then click on the map to set it.
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Please provide the following additional information.

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

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Verifying BirdTrack records in iRecord

Since February 2022 we have been importing UK records of species other than birds from BirdTrack into iRecord for verification (and ultimately we intend to send bird records on iRecord to BirdTrack for verification). Initially the largest sets of records will be for mammals and dragonflies/damselflies, with smaller sets of records for butterflies, amphibians, reptiles and orchids. 

For more information, and for guidance on how BirdTrack deals with locations and coordinates, please see:

Templates for record comments

This feature added in April 2023 allows verifiers to save one or many templates containing text, e.g. to  provide a ‘signature’ that contains the verifier name and a link to their recording scheme; or a frequently used comment about a species, etc. Once saved the templates can be re-used whenever needed. 

You don’t have to use the templates at all! You can just add your comment in the usual way. The templates provide extra options for quickly calling up comment text that you have previously saved, and there are two different uses:

Photo verification page

This new page is designed to make it easier for verifiers to review records that have photos  attached. Photo records will still be shown on the main verification page as well, so verifiers  can choose whether to do all their verification on the current page, or try the new one for  the records with photos.

Downloading Records

As a verifier you are able to download the record details for all the records that you are able to verify. Currently this is done by going to the Explore menu and choosing Download. Then, in the “Download type”, select your verification role: