Many recorders are motivated to record wildlife because they want to ensure that records are available to decision makers, planning authorities, scientists, recording schemes and societies.
iRecord allows you to customise several aspects including the species groups you like to record most often and the region, county or area you most often record in.
Activities on iRecord are a way of organizing recording to enable the compilation and reporting of records for particular sites or geographic areas, and for particular species or groups of species; they are a great option for those running a bioblitz.
All non-sensitive records added to iRecord are immediately available for browsing on the Explore pages of the website, with their verification status (i.e. whether they have been checked by an expert and if so, the result) displayed.
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.
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.
*Vice counties are a version of the county boundaries which don't keep changing, so they are very useful for biological records.
Here are a few of the photos recently uploaded from the Butterfly App.
| 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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| 17785225 | 2022-03-19 | SJ406707 | Chester Zoo Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Wildflower meadow. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25630407 | 2024-05-03 | SU009265 | Manor Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Grassland. Out of arable for 24 years. No management. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24299710 | 2023-10-25 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 040 URBAN | 5 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19743777 | 2022-06-09 | SO847535 | Diglis Lock Island | Rachel Davies | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | BioLinks lock islands survey. Orchard. Unmown. | 042 orchard | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 19743527 | 2022-04-08 | SO836593 | Bevere Lock Island | Rachel Davies | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | BioLinks lock islands survey. Lock island with orchard. Managed as a garden. | 044 garden | 5 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33946305 | 2025-11-19 | SZ539934 | Palmers Field 9 | 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. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28623962 | 2025-02-27 | TQ292915 | Bounds Green | Warbus, Sheila | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Ongoing garden survey | 044 garden | 5 | 64 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26937626 | 2024-04-18 | SO946025 | Sapperton Wilder | Chenie Prudhomme | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sapperton Wilder experiment. Central block. Field name: Otter. Arable - AB9. | 051 arable | 5 | 64 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24231280 | 2023-10-23 | SK446500 | Erewash Meadows Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. Meadow grazed by cattle. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20769471 | 2022-11-12 | SU015938 | Lower Moor Farm Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown & Kerry Calloway | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Sampled through Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Action For Insects project. Sandpool Farm on Lower Moor Farm Nature Reserve. | 052 pasture | 5 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19733969 | 2021-11-17 | ST287428 | Stretcholt | Jakub Olewski | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment pilot. Sampling by Natural England. | 052 pasture | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18790794 | 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. 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 arable | 6 | 64 | 0 | 14 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 16631157 | 2021-09-02 | TQ289802 | Green Park | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | 5-pit transect on recently mown grassland within park (control for footpath erosion transects). | 041 park | 5 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38302729 | 2026-05-19 | SD828606 | Meg's Farm | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field code: 8966. Meadow restored with brush harvested seed from Lower Winskill, and plug plants in 2024 and 2025. | 050 FARMLAND | 5 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38222835 | 2026-05-19 | SD827663 | Lower Winskill | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Field: 7332 Bottom Close. Species-rich grassland control. Hay meadow donor site. | 050 FARMLAND | 5 | 65 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19734001 | 2021-11-17 | ST282436 | Stretcholt | Jakub Olewski | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment pilot. Sampling by Natural England. | 052 pasture | 4 | 65 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38208808 | 2026-06-13 | TQ151841 | Paradise Fields | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Pond edge of paradise fields. Very wet soil. | 015 pond/lake (bed/edge) | 5 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25327231 | 2024-04-06 | TQ151854 | Grove Farm Nature Reserve | Keiron Derek Brown | Sherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition | Collected as part of Earthworm Image Recognition Project. | 030 GRASSLAND | 5 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18790514 | 2016-04-01 | 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. 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 arable | 6 | 66 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
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.