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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
221136792023-05-23SD983980Hazel Brow FarmKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionLow-input. semi-o+improved pasture.052 pasture5530203000102000000000000000000000020
187887852016-04-01SE441423University 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. 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 pasture65301200000206000000000000600000010000
339462482025-11-19SZ537936Palmers Field 4Helen 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 GRASSLAND55402012000001000000000000210000000000
305462792025-04-03SO938025Sappeton WilderChenie PrudholmeSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSapperton Wilder project. Dry, warm, no rain. herbal ley. Field name: Fox.051 arable5540200000001000000000000400000000000
220447962023-05-16SD657467The Inn at WhitewellKeiron Derek Brown and Carol EdmondsonSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionHay time project meadow restoration site. 5th year of restoration. Cut irregularly. Floods occasionally.030 GRASSLAND5540201000000000000000000100000000000
197438142022-05-09SO821633Holt Lock IslandRachel DaviesSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionBioLinks lock islands survey. Managed orchard, mown grass.042 orchard5540102000000000000000000000010001010
339464632025-11-19SZ534930Palmers Field 17Helen 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 GRASSLAND55503029000403000000000000100000000020
217518032023-04-18TQ219756Barnes CommonKeiron Derek Brown and Will Scott-MendsSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionNext to pond. Wet soil. Floods regularly. Underwater 1 week ago.046 amenity grassland/lawn5550206000501000000000000010210000000
172828712022-02-13SO509506Oak Tree Farm Nature ReserveKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionField used for pasture on slope (previously arable). Sampled through Hidden Herefordshire project.051 arable5550201000108000000000000000010030000
269381432024-04-13SO987034Bathurst FarmChenie PrudhommeSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionBathurst Farm control field for Sapperton Wilder experiment. Herbal leys.051 arable5560300000006000000000000000004000000
221138142023-05-23SD971976Low Houses FarmKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionRushes, Grazed. GS15.030 GRASSLAND55601301000200000000000000010000001000
220447942023-05-16SD651639Midge HomeKeiron Derek Brown and Carol EdmondsonSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionHay time project meadow restoration site. Pre-restoration. Wet meadow.030 GRASSLAND556011000000000000000002000002000010000
208116502022-11-13SU109252Coombes Bissett Down Nature ReserveKeiron Derek Brown & Kerry CallowaySherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled through Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Action For Insects project.. sheep-grazed chalk downland.033 calcareous grassland556012015000403000000000000000000000000
187887312015-04-01SE441423University 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 pasture6560700000206000000000000200010010000
166827922021-10-25TQ292915Bounds GreenSheila WarbusSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionOctober sampling for monthly garden survey.044 garden4560503000100000000000000100000000000
336738242025-11-26TQ292915Bounds Green Warbus, SheilaSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionOngoing garden survey 044 garden5570402000502000000000000000000000000
242312332023-10-17SE158970Foxglove Covert Nature ReserveKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionGrassland (cut).030 GRASSLAND55704904000007000000000000000100010000
180951232022-03-26TQ292915Bounds GreenSheila WarbusSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionGarden.044 garden55701001000201000000000000100013000000
341460432026-01-26TQ292915Bounds GreenWarbus, SheilaSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionOngoing garden survey 044 garden5580000000000000000000000000000000000
226032202023-05-27SP062195Lower HampenCharlie NashSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionLower Hampen Farm - Peewith Hill Field.Control field for Sapperton Wilder experiment. Arable.051 arable55802407000106000000000000000000000020
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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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