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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

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
220447892023-05-16SD839457Little Middop FarmKeiron Derek Brown and Carol EdmondsonSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionHay time project meadow restoration site. Pre-restoration. Grazed and no chemical inputs for 2.5 years.030 GRASSLAND5440208000001000000000000000310040010
187901812016-04-01SE438421University of Leeds FarmMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesArable. Last ley 1988. Copse 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 051 arable64401200000204000000000000400000000000
187888252016-04-01SE441423University of Leeds FarmMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesPasture. Permanent pasture. Valley 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 pasture64401400000406000000000000100000000000
187827552016-07-01SE443416University of Leeds FarmMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesArable. Last ley 1994. Big Substation East Field. Unconnected arable ley strip (with earthworm barrier installed to bedrock depth at field-margin strip boundary). 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 arable6440500000001000000000000000000000000
339463972025-11-19SZ536931Palmers Field 13Helen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5x 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 GRASSLAND544201018020101000000000000000212000000
337923072025-12-29TQ292915Bounds GreenWarbus, SheilaSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionOngoing garden survey 044 garden54501404000101000000000000000001000000
323818982025-10-01TQ347785Galleywall Nature ReserveKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionCompost/manure dug into soil.041 park104502403000303002000100000100100000000
299462532025-05-07SD792493Studio BakeryKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionMeadow- neutral grassland. Year 4 of hay meadow restoration. Sampling following very dry spring.032 neutral grassland5450500001004000000000000000000000000
269366692024-04-17SO946021Sapperton WilderChenie PrudhommeSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSapperton Wilder experiment. Southern block. Field name: Woodpecker. Recently ploughed and sown arable - herbal leys.051 arable5450900000003000000000000000000000000
246450682023-12-26TQ292915Bounds Green Warbus, SheilaSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionOngoing garden survey 040 URBAN5450208000403000000000000500000000000
221737922023-05-20TQ210777Chiswick House & GardenKeiron Derek Brown and Sheila WarbusSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionNo adults in 4 of 5 soil pits). No dig area in the kitchen garden. Soil with lots of woodchips.044 garden5450001000000000000000000000000000000
207696982022-11-12SU010932Lower Moor Farm Nature ReserveKeiron Derek Brown & Kerry CallowaySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled through Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Action For Insects project. Clattinger Farm on Lower Moor Farm Nature Reserve. Orchard.042 orchard54504017000206000000000000000000000000
187866452015-04-01SE444416University of Leeds FarmMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesArable. Last ley 1994. Big Substation East 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 051 arable6450601000101000000000000000000000000
339462952025-11-19SZ536933Palmers Field 8Helen GilloolySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5x 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 GRASSLAND54607020001030000000000001005035000000
305468552025-04-07SO946021Sappeton WilderChenie PrudholmeSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSapperton Wilder project. Dry, warm, no rain. AB8 Wildflower - full. Field name: Beetle.051 arable5460700000001000000000000100010000010
224403402023-06-14TQ205668Southwood Open SpaceKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionWoodland glade030 GRASSLAND5460704010000000000000000000400000000
187866532015-04-01SE444416University of Leeds FarmMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesArable. 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 arable64601400000001000000000000000010000010
305469092025-04-07SO947025Sappeton WilderChenie PrudholmeSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSapperton Wilder project. Dry, warm, no rain. AB8 Wildflower. Field name: Newt.051 arable54701101000001000000000000000001000000
166324272021-09-23TQ194741Richmond ParkKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionCircular transect around fenced tree in park.062 scrub with open areas6470000000000000000000000110700000000
256052212024-04-25SD846415Briercliffe FarmKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionBriercliffe Farm. Wildflower Meadow.030 GRASSLAND54803801000704000000000200000000000000
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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.


 

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