# Observations missing from project **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [April 27, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239 "2026-04-27T13:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astronorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/astronorm/32/71924_2.png) [@astronorm](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/astronorm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/1 "2026-04-27T13:24:57Z")
**Platform** : **App version number** , if a mobile app issue: **Browser** , if a website issue: **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: **Screenshots of what you are seeing** :Missing observers and observations that meet project criteria. **Description of problem** : Observations from some members of a project are not showing up on the project. All observations meet the criteria. Project also not showing on “Add to Project” when trying to add observations manually. Said users have joined the project, and have been added in the “Include Users” observation requirement. ![Screenshot (806)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/7/6/768c0bdda5b47ad15a8bd45c4c5f5f2d5c7802f8.png) ![Screenshot (805)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/e/cebcb60de6f938c25b46f59843b86acc4033f152.png) Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: ---
**Author:** ![thomaseverest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thomaseverest/32/63220_2.png) [@thomaseverest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thomaseverest)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/2 "2026-04-27T13:26:39Z")
You can’t manually add observations because they are added automatically based on the criteria. Can you provide links to some observations you think should be included but aren’t? ---
**Author:** ![astronorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/astronorm/32/71924_2.png) [@astronorm](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/astronorm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/3 "2026-04-27T13:33:32Z")
All the observations from this user fall under the project’s criteria. Observations from other users along with us have already appeared [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place\_id=25961&user\_id=hahahaharry&verifiable=any](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=25961&user_id=hahahaharry&verifiable=any) ![Screenshot (809)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/6/9/6940c34832cbba60944df1beacb95a52787b409d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/4 "2026-04-27T13:42:43Z")
The observation location accuracy is too large and breaks the place bounding box, see [https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169942-why-is-my-observation-not-showing-up-in-a-place-or-collection-project-i-know-i-observed-it-there-](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169942-why-is-my-observation-not-showing-up-in-a-place-or-collection-project-i-know-i-observed-it-there-) ---
**Author:** ![astronorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/astronorm/32/71924_2.png) [@astronorm](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/astronorm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/5 "2026-04-27T13:51:40Z")
The observation radius still fits inside the city’s map area though with enough allowance. I use a similar observation radius for sensitive species and it still gets picked up on projects set for the city. I will have him narrow some of his location accuracy and see if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/6 "2026-04-27T15:09:50Z")
Note that non-wild organisms are not included in this year’s CNC. I’ve marked this as non-wild, so even if the location is altered it still won’t appear in the project, unless someone counters my vote. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354079073](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354079073) ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/7 "2026-04-27T15:42:55Z")
> [@astronorm](#): > > Said users have joined the project, and have been added in the “Include Users” observation requirement. The user-specific filter, the Casual filter, and the times should be removed in the settings if this is a City Nature Challenge event. I don’t see it on [the city list](https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/participating-cities) though. ---
**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-missing-from-project/78239/8 "2026-04-28T00:09:15Z")
Users should only edit the accuracy radius/value if they believe it is incorrect or there is a smaller area they are certain that the observation is in. They shouldn’t edit the value just so that it falls within a certain project/location, etc.