Butterflies are in trouble. A third of UK species are threatened and three-quarters are in decline. Butterfly recording is the foundation for protecting these beautiful creatures. The iRecord Butterflies app has been developed by the charity Butterfly Conservation and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology to help you identify the butterflies that you see and to submit your sightings through iRecord so that they can be used to protect butterflies and the environment.
The app uses your location and the time of year to help with identification, presenting the butterflies that you are most likely to see at the top of the list. It has galleries of colour photographs showing all UK butterflies, at all stages of their life cycles, and tips to help with the identification of difficult species. You can use the app to record a single butterfly or create a list of different species seen during a visit to a site.
Over half a million sightings have already been submitted through the iRecord Butterflies app and are being used by scientists and conservationists to provide vital information about how the fortunes of UK butterflies have changed over the decades. Your sightings will be used to help understand the causes of decline and to inform conservation action on the ground to help threatened species.
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Hi. Fourth time of reloading this app. Why ? Because it keeps freezing on me. VERY annoying as the only way to sort is delete and reload. After reload all my uploaded record vanish. OK still I assume on iRecord somewhere but…. Please sort !
I GIVE UP !!!
Crashed again so I have now deleted permanently. Will just not bother.
No server available
I’ve been using this app for several years but it doesn’t seem to be working properly - keep getting a message ‘server unavailable’
Doesn’t upload
Can’t get it to upload sightings despite reloading app and starting again. Get the same error message each time sorry upload failed
Nov 2022
I have just tried to upload two sightings from September but these have been unsuccessful due to a “network error”. I am also unable to load the app statistics.
All my other apps are currently working and connected to the internet as I write this.
I also tried the image cropping feature and as you zoom in to your butterfly it turns into a giant blob. Not suitable for photos taken at a distance and I would say that it really distorts the image.
Usually the app works quite well.
A really useful App for butterfly fans !
This is a very user-friendly App for rapidly and systematically identifying UK butterflies and recording relevant data, such as the geographical position where the butterfly was seen. You can easily add a mobile phone photo of the butterfly to your record and quickly upload everything to the iRecord website. I strongly recommend this App !
Helpful and easy to use
This is a great app, very user friendly. It shows the butterflies in your area for the current time of year which makes identification much easier.
I have spent the last year and a half making my garden into a butterfly friendly area. My efforts have paid off and it’s great to be able to record my sightings and make a very small contribution to the national monitoring of these beautiful creatures.
Love this app.
Love this app. Information and easy to use.
Superb!
A great app. Whether you’re looking for information on butterfly identification, want to record a one-off sighting or conduct a full survey of butterflies, this is THE app.
Best butterfly app by far!
This superb app has been so useful when out in the field. With the link to the website this app is all the guide you need for identifying butterflies.
Great for identification
Excellent way of identifying butterflies. This is a new interest so it’s helpful to see a selection of the butterflies you are likely to see at that time of year in the area you are in. Thank you