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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
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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
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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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| 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 |
| 20811636 | 2022-11-13 | SU111256 | Coombes Bissett Down Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled through Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Action For Insects project. Pasture with cow pats. All pits had lots of casts on surface. | 033 calcareous grassland | 5 | 77 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12423664 | 2020-12-29 | SU64896945 | Hosehill Lake | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 4 x Juvenile | 032 neutral grassland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14055562 | 2021-03-31 | SU67957407 | McIlroy Park | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 6 x Juv 2 x damaged | 032 neutral grassland | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 13963237 | 2021-03-18 | SU67157466 | Arthur Newbery Park | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Juv x 14! Damaged x 2 | 071 deciduous | 5 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12589862 | 2021-01-18 | SU59908538 | Cholsey marsh | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Very waterlogged. Juvenile x 4 | 011 fen | 5 | 4 | 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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12332124 | 2020-12-14 | SU68657286 | Prospect Park, Reading | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 1 x cocoon; 8 x Juvenile Grassland under trees, high leaf litter | 032 neutral grassland | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30547145 | 2025-04-11 | SO938016 | Sapperton Wilder | Chenie Prudholme | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder project. Dry, warm, no rain. Spring barley. Recently ploughed and cropped. Field name: Finch. | 051 arable | 5 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29273762 | 2024-11-05 | SZ587873 | Nunwell South | Helen Gillooly | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field 19 | 120 OTHER (please specify) | 5 | 101 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28472526 | 2024-12-19 | SP883031 | Road Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Pasture. Mob grazing (for 2 years). Field Name: L-shaped Field. | 051 arable | 10 | 207 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26936730 | 2024-04-22 | SO940021 | Sapperton Wilder | Chenie Prudhomme | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Southern block. Field name: Owl. Fallow - ex-arable. | 051 arable | 5 | 81 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25630621 | 2024-05-02 | ST972143 | Myncen Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Maidements Meadow. Wildflower meadow. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 76 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24231200 | 2023-10-16 | SE073974 | Woodhouse Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Pasture, not ploughed in 9 years. | 052 pasture | 5 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22044854 | 2023-05-17 | SD702487 | New Laithe | Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field managed as meadow for 30 years. Seed donor site for Hay Time project. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 94 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21877662 | 2023-05-03 | SD726521 | Field Head Farm | Keiron Derek Brown and Carol Edmondson | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Meadow, grazed by sheep over winter until April. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 118 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21751859 | 2023-04-18 | TQ227761 | Barnes Common | Keiron Derek Brown and Will Scott-Mends | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Cemetery scrub | 061 dense scrub | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19743899 | 2022-05-09 | SO820633 | Holt Lock Island | Rachel Davies | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | BioLinks lock islands survey. Orchard, mown grass. | 042 orchard | 5 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18790797 | 2017-04-01 | SE442420 | University of Leeds Farm | Miranda Prendergast-Miller | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | Arable. Grassland to arable in 2009. Hillside Field. Connected arable ley strip. Transect of 6 hand-sorted soil pits (each 18 x 18 x 15 cm). SoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire, England (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d3dcfd8a-918d-48a4-9511-ec832de34636 | 051 arable | 6 | 157 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18787627 | 2017-04-01 | SE444416 | University of Leeds Farm | Miranda Prendergast-Miller | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | Arable. Last ley 1994. Big Substation East Field. Connected arable ley strip. Transect of 6 hand-sorted soil pits (each 18 x 18 x 15 cm). SoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire, England (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d3dcfd8a-918d-48a4-9511-ec832de34636 | 051 arable | 6 | 149 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18785412 | 2016-10-01 | SE445421 | University of Leeds Farm | Miranda Prendergast-Miller | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | Pasture. Sub Paddock Field. Control land use. Transect of 6 hand-sorted soil pits (each 18 x 18 x 15 cm). SoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects from hedges into arable fields, pasture fields, ley strips established in arable fields and arable strips established in pasture fields at a farm in West Yorkshire, England (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d3dcfd8a-918d-48a4-9511-ec832de34636 | 052 pasture | 6 | 182 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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.