Hi there,
I have accounts for both iRecord and iNaturalistUK, and have mostly been using the latter because I was not aware there was an app for iRecord (until today!)
Is there a way I can link my accounts? Some of my records on iNaturalist are not research grade, so they will not be imported into iRecord as it stands, and I don't want to sit and migrate all my records across manually. But I do want my records to go to LBRCs.
Any help appreciated, thanks!
Rebecca
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No easy way
Hi
As far as I know (and I'm far from certain) there is currently no way to link your two accounts.
What do you record, why aren't your records on iNaturalist research grade and how many are there? It's possible you could ask iRecord users with an iNaturalist account to help bump your records up to research grade although records on iNaturalist tend to reach research grade pretty quickly if they have good quality images unless they're niche interests.
If you do go down the route of manually migrating your records then iRecord has a way of uploading records via spreadsheet which might make it a bit easier. You would need to delete your records on iNaturalist though to avoid duplication in case any of them later reached research grade. It sound like it could be quite a task.
Mesh
Thanks both!
Thanks Mesh. I record anything of note in my garden and local area (stag beetles, orchids etc.) and I have a garden pond so I have newt records which could be very useful for LERCs. I also put up my bat, dormouse, and GCN license records. I'll look into the spreadsheet upload, thanks for suggesting it!
I agree with Jim. The…
I agree with Jim. The quality of iNaturalist records coming through is rubbish - no sites or locations, no useful grid references, silly recorder names. I just ignore them now. USE IRECORD
Just use iRecord. iNat records are poor, hence CEH have just sent a questionnaire to iRecord verifiers regarding iNat and its deficiencies. I'm fed up of iNat records with location details Derbyshire Uk, Grid reference SK. I know another national scheme recorder who stated recently that he ignores most iNat records unless its a species of note. The hours I spend chasing queries on iNat records and only about 20% ever respond.
I thought it was just some of us in the UK that had issues with iNat and that in mainland Europe they use it more... but after discussion this morning with a national scheme coordinator in France it seems he too doesn't use iNat records and encourages everyone to use their own system which then feeds into the French equivalent of the NBN.