Downloadable resources

This form can be used in the field to collect all the information required when undertaking soil pit sampling, mustard extraction and/or microhabitat searches of a site.

Version history

Version 1 - Original form created by Keiron Derek Brown on behalf of the Earthworm Society of Britain.

Version 2 - Text updated and link to iRecord form added. Licencing and credits added. Edits by Keiron Derek Brown on behalf of the Earthworm Society of Britain.

This worksheet can be used to conveniently record the salient identification features of an earthworm before working through the key.

Version history

Version 1 - Original worksheet created by Martin Noble on behalf of the Earthworm Society of Britain.

Version 2 - Additional columns added and ESB branding applied. Adapted by Keiron Derek Brown on behalf of the Earthworm Society of Britain.

Version 3 - Text updated and link to iRecord form added. Licencing and credits added. Adapted by Keiron Derek Brown on behalf of the Earthworm Society of Britain.

Minutes from Annual General Meeting of the Earthworm Society of Britain
Date: Saturday 1st August 2020
Time: 10.00
Venue: Virtual meeting on Zoom 
Contact: Kerry Calloway, Secretary via ESBenquiries@gmail.com

1. Apologies for absence

2. Society updates

The Earthworm Recording Info Sheet provides a 1-page summary of record submission and suitable ID resources. The sheet was designed in partnership with the FSC BioLinks project as a handout on all earthworm recording and identification events and courses.

The NERS Earthworm Recorder's Handbook was produced by the Earthworm Society of Britain to support existing and new earthworm recorders.

The handbook combines previous ESB guidance with new content and covers topics such as earthworm sampling techniques, earthworm preservation, recording earthworms and identifying earthworms.

This publication is currently available as a free-to-download resource as the ESB plans to update the document on a regular basis.

*The current version available for download was last updated on 27 September 2019.

An Excel spreadsheet that can be used to submit earthworm records from Great Britain to the National Earthworm Recording Scheme.

An Excel spreadsheet that can be used to submit earthworm records from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to the National Earthworm Recording Scheme.

An Excel spreadsheet that can be used to submit earthworm records from Channel Islands to the National Earthworm Recording Scheme.

Annual report on the National Earthworm Recording Scheme for 2016.

Annual report on the National Earthworm Recording Scheme for 2015.