Brimstone (mating pair) - Rob Blanken

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: [email protected]

Send your records by email as often as is convenient for you.

County Moth Recorder

Dave Budworth
Email: [email protected]

B.C Moth Officer (macros and micros)

Mick Ball
Tel: 07594 617047


Leicestershire & Rutland

County Butterfly Recorder

Richard Jeffery 
Email: [email protected] 
Tel. 01455 845112 Mob. 07803 599247

County Moth Recorder

Adrian Russell
Email: [email protected] 
Tel. 0116 241 5101


Nottinghamshire

County Butterfly Recorder

Steve Mathers
Email: [email protected]

County Moth Recorder (macros)

Sheila Wright 
Email: [email protected]

County Moth Recorder (micros)

Dave Budworth
Email: [email protected]

B.C Moth Officer (macros and micros)

Mick Ball
Tel: 07594 617047