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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
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*Vice counties are a version of the county boundaries which don't keep changing, so they are very useful for biological records.
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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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| 18757301 | 2016-05-12 | SE316956 | Little Langton | Miranda Prendergast-Miller | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | 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 in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Hedge. Single hand-sorted soil pit (18x18x15cm). Organic Arable. Transect LL A1. Ploughed field, just been seeded but no visible plant growth. Slow-draining pit samples at 2m and margin. Paired with A2. | 050 FARMLAND | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18095113 | 2022-04-11 | TQ202673 | Elmbridge Meadows Open Space | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18000277 | 2022-02-15 | TQ174527 | FSC Juniper Hall | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled grassland area adjacent to young meadow. 5 soil pits. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17785268 | 2022-03-19 | SJ409707 | Butterhill Meadow | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Grassland | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 173 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17282868 | 2022-02-13 | SO508504 | Oak Tree Farm Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Linear transect along field margin. Hedgerow at edge of field used for pasture (previously arable). Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project. | 120 OTHER (please specify) | 5 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17282810 | 2022-02-13 | SO526508 | Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Meadow adjacent to lake sampled during rain. Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17282587 | 2022-02-13 | SO527512 | Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Orchard on nature reserve. Mainly apple trees in section sampled. Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project. | 042 orchard | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14734587 | 2021-05-27 | SP457090 | Wytham Woods | Keiron Derek Brown & Liam Crowley | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | Beech woodland. 18 unidentifed earthworms (juvenile/damaged) collected as part of soil pit sampling (ESB 5-pit protocol). | 072 coniferous | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33946397 | 2025-11-19 | SZ536931 | Palmers Field 13 | 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. ALOT of juveniles found in this field. Soil waterlogged to the point that the bottom of the sample pits hit the water table. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 442 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29273332 | 2024-11-05 | SZ594885 | Nunwell North | Helen Gillooly | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field 6 | 120 OTHER (please specify) | 5 | 149 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28378036 | 2024-12-28 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 044 garden | 5 | 89 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26938013 | 2024-04-11 | SO951034 | Sapperton Wilder | Chenie Prudhomme | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Northern block. Field name: Swallow. Fallow ex-arable. | 051 arable | 5 | 185 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26937981 | 2024-04-11 | SO952034 | Sapperton Wilder | Chenie Prudhomme | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Northern block. Field name: Butterfly. Fallow ex-arable. | 051 arable | 5 | 100 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26937477 | 2024-04-12 | SO943027 | Sapperton Wilder | Chenie Prudhomme | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Central block. Field name: Kingfisher. Herbal leys. | 051 arable | 5 | 62 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26936690 | 2024-04-17 | SO941021 | Sapperton Wilder | Chenie Prudhomme | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Southern block. Field name: Beech. Recently cultivated arable - ABB. | 051 arable | 5 | 43 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25605274 | 2024-04-29 | TQ152840 | Paradise Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Very wet grassland. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 91 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25479798 | 2024-04-26 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 040 URBAN | 5 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18758313 | 2016-05-26 | SE639700 | Whenby | Miranda Prendergast-Miller | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | 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 in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Pasture field. 6 hand-sorted soil pits (18x18x15cm) along a 64m transect. Organic ley. Transect WH A. Grass with clover, buttercups, docks; with cattle. Chose hedge with least farm tracks along the edge. Lots of rain the day before; light drizzle on sampling day. | 052 pasture | 6 | 101 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18757601 | 2016-05-13 | SE310957 | Little Langton | Miranda Prendergast-Miller | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | 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 in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Pasture field. 6 hand-sorted soil pits (18x18x15cm) along a 64m transect. Organic ley. Transect LL B1. Grass with clover; with cattle. Paired with B2. | 052 pasture | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18757349 | 2016-05-12 | SE316956 | Little Langton | Miranda Prendergast-Miller | Sims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the Species | 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 in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Arable field. 6 hand-sorted soil pits (18x18x15cm) along a 64m transect. Organic Arable. Transect LL A1. Ploughed field, just been seeded but no visible plant growth. Slow-draining pit samples at 2m and margin. Paired with A2. | 051 arable | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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.