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iRecord is designed so that it is flexible enough to be used for a huge range of different wildlife recording needs and scenarios, and as such there are a number of different formats in which you can submit records on the iRecord website or mobile App, including a range of recording forms for different purposes, and Activities for group recording.
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.
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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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| 18785233 | 2015-12-01 | 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. No till tillage 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 | 052 pasture | 6 | 186 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18611251 | 2022-06-01 | TQ202651 | Tolworth Court Farm Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Dried up wetland. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18268242 | 2022-04-30 | SJ434144 | FSC Preston Montford | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Pond bank (edge). Sampled through FSC BioLinks Identifying & Recording Earthworms course. | 010 WETLAND | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14734674 | 2021-05-28 | SP456080 | Whytham Woods | Keiron Derek Brown, Liam Crowley & Michael Tansley | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected for Darwin Tree of Life project surveys. 29 unidentifed earthworms (juvenile/damaged) collected as part of soil pit sampling (ESB 5-pit protocol). Grazed calcareous grassland, site known as Rough Common. | 033 calcareous grassland | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14055597 | 2021-03-31 | SU68727285 | Prospect Park, Reading | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Juv x 5 | 071 deciduous | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12503623 | 2021-01-04 | SU63947382 | Moor Copse | Katie Jenks | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Woodland predom hazel 2 x Juvenile | 071 deciduous | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25605154 | 2024-04-24 | SD654632 | Botton Head | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Botton Head. Meadow. The Barn Field. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 69 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 |
| 18785175 | 2015-12-01 | 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 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17282871 | 2022-02-13 | SO509506 | Oak Tree Farm Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field used for pasture on slope (previously arable). Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project. | 051 arable | 5 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28579230 | 2025-02-17 | SU847999 | Beachdean Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Pasture - cut twice per year. Silage. Inputs added. Minimal grazing. | 052 pasture | 10 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25995854 | 2024-05-22 | SE100986 | Low Oxque Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Pasture. | 052 pasture | 5 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 20967219 | 2022-11-29 | SJ433146 | FSC Preston Montford | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Grassland. Sampled during BioLinks Identifying & Recording Earthworms course. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18785283 | 2016-04-01 | 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. No till tillage 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 | 052 pasture | 6 | 145 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 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 |
| 19734150 | 2022-01-10 | SX431862 | Stowford | Jakub Olewski | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment pilot. Sampling by Natural England. Lots of recent rain, surface very muddy. | 052 pasture | 4 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 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.