A range of keyboard shortcuts has been added to the verification page, to support quicker movement through the grid where appropriate. It is described below, and see also the new video guide (via YouTube, 3.5 minutes).

Since February 2022 we have been importing UK records of species other than birds from BirdTrack into iRecord for verification (and ultimately we intend to send bird records on iRecord to BirdTrack for verification). Initially the largest sets of records will be for mammals and dragonflies/damselflies, with smaller sets of records for butterflies, amphibians, reptiles and orchids. 

For more information, and for guidance on how BirdTrack deals with locations and coordinates, please see:

Since 24 September 2021 we have been importing UK records from iNaturalist into iRecord. For background information see our Help page, and for guidance on how to access and verify these records please see:

• iRecord guidance: verifying iNaturalist records (PDF document, version 1 at 23 September 2021)

This feature added in April 2023 allows verifiers to save one or many templates containing text, e.g. to  provide a ‘signature’ that contains the verifier name and a link to their recording scheme; or a frequently used comment about a species, etc. Once saved the templates can be re-used whenever needed. 

You don’t have to use the templates at all! You can just add your comment in the usual way. The templates provide extra options for quickly calling up comment text that you have previously saved, and there are two different uses:

Here are some links to additional sources of information for iRecord verifiers:

This new page is designed to make it easier for verifiers to review records that have photos  attached. Photo records will still be shown on the main verification page as well, so verifiers  can choose whether to do all their verification on the current page, or try the new one for  the records with photos.