Bird records not being examined/verified

On further reading, I see that bird records are sent to BirdTrack for verification.  I guess that any subsequent verification on BirdTrack is not then fed back to iRecord so that the records still appear as "pending examination".  Is that correct?

Thanks again,

Duncan

On further reading, I see that bird records are transferred to BirdTrack for verification.  I guess that any subsequent verification on BirdTrack is not then fed back to iRecord and so such records will still be marked as "pending examination..."  Is that correct?

Thanks again,

Duncan

I think this is likely to be a mixture of three factors - the main one is that there are already two highly used and established online methods for recording birds, the BTO's BirdTrack and eBird, so most counties will focus on those rather than iRecord records. The second is the time taken to verify records, especially for popular groups like birds - in Norfolk we don't have an iRecord verifier for birds but in 2024 received 1.3 million records via BirdTrack, eBird, local bird groups and on direct spreadsheets. This is a massive undertaking, but mostly involves combining then sorting the data. On iRecord someone would have to look and and verify each record prior to downloading, adding to the workload. The third one is that some counties with established data pathways might be reluctant to start using new systems.

So whilst as an iRecord user I would love all groups to be verified on here, in terms of birds I think it is unlikely to happen on a wide scale. At a more local level it might start to happen if volunteers come forward to at least deal with the large percentage of sightings that would be of common species, or twitched rarities.

James - many thanks for taking the time to answer.  What you say makes perfect sense... I'm pretty sure that the iRecord data is transferred to BirdTrack, so at least the records aren't lost and would be examined and verified.  The missing link is the iRecord feedback from BirdTrack, which would be an awfully onerous thing to do manually for so many records.  I guess if an iRecord user is keen to find out if their record has been accepted, they can always register with BirdTrack and find it from there.  Thanks again.