Records, even of the commonest species, are invaluable in helping us to understand the status and distribution of species on a national and local basis and help guide conservation work. Whilst garden records are useful, records from the wider countryside are especially valuable, particularly in under-recorded areas.
How and when to submit your records
The Nottinghamshire Butterfly County Recorder prefers records to be submitted via iRecord or app. See What about online submission and apps? below.
The County Recorders in Leics & Rutland and Derbyshire prefer to receive records via email.
Date | Site | Grid Ref | Species | Number | Recorder | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/05/18 | Butterfly Heaven | SK611309 | Orange-tip | 4 | A. Recorder | Egg laying on Cuckooflower |
Further details e.g. male, female, larvae, pupae, ova etc. can be added in the notes column.
An excel spread sheet is also available to download
As is a Casual Recording Form
And a Site Recording Form
If you do not have spreadsheet access then you can list your sightings in Word or text file and include this information. Further details e.g. male, female, larvae, pupae, ova etc. can be added in the notes column.
Ken Orpe (Derbyshire), Richard Jeffery (Leicestershire and Rutland) and Suzanne Halfacre (Nottinghamshire) would like to receive email records as often as is convenient. Just how often is your choice but every week or two has the advantage of allowing the recorders to share news of sightings, particularly of interesting species throughout the course of the year.
Adrian Russell (Moth Officer for Leicestershire and Rutland) requests that your Leicestershire and Rutland Moth records be submitted at the end of the year.
What about online submission and apps?
You may submit record via the "iRecord Website", you will need to create an account after which you may submit records for all your wildlife records in any part of the country. These records will then be sent on to the relevant County Recorder & Biological Records Office. There is an "iRecord Butterflies" app available for iPhone & iPad available on iTunes that can be used to submit records and photographs.
In Leicester and Rutland there is also NatureSpot. Records submitted in this way are forwarded to County Recorders, though this may not be until the end of the year.
Paper Submissions
Submissions may also be made on our Paper Recording Forms, these are usually distributed with the Spring Newsletter and are also available on our new Downloads Page. Please note these have been revised for the 2015 season, so if using paper forms please use the updated versions.
Derbyshire
County Butterfly Recorder
Ken Orpe
Email: ken@malaga.plus.com
Send your records by email as often as is convenient for you.
County Moth Recorder
Dave Budworth
Email: dbud01@aol.com
B.C Moth Officer (macros and micros)
Mick Ball
Tel: 07594 617047
Leicestershire & Rutland
County Butterfly Recorder
Richard Jeffery
Email: winrich168@btinternet.com
Tel. 01455 845112 Mob. 07803 599247
County Moth Recorder
Adrian Russell
Email: Adrian@wainscot.demo.com
Tel. 0116 241 5101
Nottinghamshire
County Butterfly Recorder
Steve Mathers
Email: smbutterflies11@gmail.com
County Moth Recorder (macros)
Sheila Wright
Email: Sheila.Wright@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
County Moth Recorder (micros)
Dave Budworth
Email: dbud01@aol.com
B.C Moth Officer (macros and micros)
Mick Ball
Tel: 07594 617047