General discussion

If I enter a record in activities will it also show up in my records?

I have just registered on irecord and tried to enter my first record for a sighting of a Giant Lacewing. However, the system would not let me enter an appropriate taxon. There appeared to be none listed apart from a Brown Lacewing. Any advice? 

What is the maximum image size that I can submit on my sightings?

If I add more than one observer to a list of plant records and upload them via the BSBI Vascular Plant page it seems to cause problems. If I download them, or look at them for Verification (I am joint BSBI recorder for VC40) then it only shows the last name as the observer. 

This must have been touched on before, but why are the dates showing on the 'my records' field all out by 2-3 days? This is very confusing when I am trying to check if I've already submitted it or not (I don't always do them strictly in the order they were seen - some are initially more important than others, or I have to i.d. them first). When I click on a record to take me to the details of an individual sighting, the correct date shows on that page. What is going on please?

I’m curious how moth records get onto iRecord.  My previous VC has almost no records here and the county recorder collates them using a spreadsheet.  Are these records not accessible on this platform and hence are the moth records on iRecord just an incomplete snapshot, depending on the county moth recorders personal preferences ?

I specialize in Plant Galls and have been entering them since 2015. Why are there no unconfirmed 'pink dots' on the NBN maps. Andricus aries, Andricus Gemmeus, Andricus grossulariae seem to be non-existent in the NE - but I've recorded them. The same goes for others like epitrimerus trilobus and even common galls such as eriophyes tiliae. I am disheartened that they are not apparent even as unverified - and that it makes the species look southern.  I haven't looked at all the species I have entered but I do wonder if I'm I wasting my time entering Plant Gall records?  

I have been asked how data from iRecord should be cited when being referred to in an international publication. A reference would need to be clear enough that it can be recognised in perpetuity, just as a reference to a paper publication would be. The simple term 'iRecord' is understandable and accessible now, but in future if the database is accessed in a different way, or if the word 'iRecord' becomes used by other systems, it could be ambiguous. I doubt that 'iRecord' is copyrighted to the CEH, as 'iphone' presumably is by Apple.

If I add a comment to a validated record which is one of my records submitted as a group, does that mean that the validator has to go over all of the group records again?

I would like to send/post a "thank you" comment, but not if it creates unnecessary work for others.

Thanks

NB the google map shown for my site is out of date, the scrubland has been built on!