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Shaded grid squares

Submitted by Keith Burdett on

Hi, can anyone explain why some grid squares show as block shaded in blue on the species map when zoomed in? Toggling layers or map settings doesnt seem to help. It makes it impossible to see sightings within that area. This is through Chrome browser on Android 11.

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Submitted by James Emerson on Thu, 20/04/2023 - 09:59

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The most likely explanation is that someone has recorded a species (or blurred it using the sensitive sighting box) to a 10km grid square level, so the whole square is blue. If you zoom in closer you should still be able to see other records at a high precision showing through, or if you were searching for everything consider refining the search to something specific, e.g. butterflies, in which case if the square was for something like Badger (one of the most likely species to be blurred) it would no longer be blue.