General discussion

Hello, I am unsure when to use the aggregates given in the species drop down list because in my mind it implies there are a number of species that I should understand before not choosing the agg. However I wanted to record Ligustrum vulgare: drop down list for Lig vul gives Ligustrum vulgare, Ligustrum vulgare agg. and the vulgare x ovalifolium hybrid. I cannot find any reference to an aggregate (Stace 3, NBN, BSBI Atlas). It has been suggested that iRecord uses the term when distinguishing species might be difficult rather than just recording to genus?

I wonder if the scope and geographical spread of iRecord has changed to include a huge area, and not just the land area of the UK and Ireland and the seas around?

If you go to Explore All records, there are now mapped data from west of the USA to India, from far north down to West Africa. These are both from the sea and from land.

Please can anyone explain what is going on?

Thank you

I regularly download iRecord data for the Doncaster LRC database. I notice some stupid recorder names such as "forever_failure" and "kissitbeta". Uses of such names are not in my opinion conducive with the content of a scientific record. If recorders are not prepared to use correct and sensible names then I will not in future accept the record. Perhaps the iRecord management team could instil in recorders and determiners the importance of a correct and meaningful recorder/determiner name. A scientific record is incomplete without a legitimate recorder/determiner authority.