General discussion

I was wondering, I assume all species classification is drawn from the British Natural History Museum which is presumeably linked to NBN atlas? I have noticed that when researching species classification there can be differences, and I presume this is regional? iNaturalist, for example, differs from the Natural History Museum in some instances. I believe iNaturalist uses several data bases to gather the most up-to-date and accurate taxonomic information. I have always used the Natural History Museum in preference, thinking that this is the most accurate and up-to-date data base, but is it?

Defra/CEH has launched the Asian Hornet watch app for the public to submit sightings of possible Asian Hornets.  If you create an account, it points to iRecord and BRC.  Nowhere can I find any listing, forum or information related to this notifiable Invasive Alien Species.  Please could someone tell me either where to look or advise on what information reporting and record structure is being created so that Asian Hornet Action Team members can inform communities nationally.  Thanks.

I am still having no luck trying to record Neotiella albocincta on Irecord - a confirmed first for the UK by bryophilous expert George Grieff.  Also I have recently found and had confirmed Roseodiscus formosus and this is not an option on Irecord - can anyone help and allow these to be recorded please - sincere thanks.

I wonder why records do not appear and seem to be questioned when they are verified by the County recorder. 

Is iRecord purely for UK wildlife recording ? If so is there a Europe-wide equivalent ? I spend several weeks each year on Tenerife and have become more and more interested in the wildlife I am finding there and would like to record it. This year I have put several records on iRecord as it does allow any location but I am not sure whether these records are of any use or not. With the amount of building still going on in Tenerife I am concerned that a lack of wildlife records could mean important sites being lost to development.     

Hi there.

I have a particular interest in marine recording.

I have some records on iRecord, input stating that they are determined by me (correct), but entered by someone else, in their name - and these records have been given an incorrect taxon identification.

I also note some records where the verified identication is clearly incorrect.

I am not necessarly able to contact the people who have entered these records directly.

If I add a comment to these records, who recieves that comment? The person who actually entered it? A/the verifier? Someone else?

Trying to upload a record,and i get a message saying.smpAttr:127 renquired.What does this mean. 

In 2023 we had a large number of Asian hornets reported. Is there a special entry for invasive species like the Asian hornet?

Hello.

When I first started using iRecord the location of the observation would be generated when the photo was uploaded on the recording page. 

After a while this feature stopped working so I resorted to copying the photo location details from the metadata and pasting into the "Enter a spatial reference" box, then, by clicking on the "Location" box, the co-ordinates would be recognised and the location generated automatically.

A couple of months ago I posted on the mobile apps part of this forum about an issue where a large number of DRAFT records had inadvertently been uploaded to iRecord from my phone - I still do not know how. I have nearly finished sorting out the mess but am left with a few Hymenoptera records that were verified but need to be changed as the specimens have now been examined under a microscope. In this case I am unable to contact the verifier, Stuart Roberts, so can’t ask him how best to proceed.