Please could you advise how I can record my observations from England and Uganda separately without setting up two accounts. I don’t want to mix my observations and would rather keep my UK records separate from my Ugandan observations. Many thanks, Darren

You can’t, there’s one account for all your observations, you can set up projects to more easily see them separately or just make searches using geography.

Oh, Ok, thank you. I’ll stick with iRecord then for my UK species observations, and continue to use my iNaturalist account for Uganda. Many thanks for your response. Darren

It’s up to you, though it’d be a pity to not see part of your observations here, you still can see data from those places separately and create lists to add species there (though 2 projects sounds like an easier solution), it’s just that at default your account will show all of them together.

Thank you for explaining how it all works. It’s definitely something to think about!

Hi @dazzy78 . If you want to describe a couple of scenarios where you would like to work separately with your observations from the UK and Uganda, I’m sure other iNat users would be happy to share how they handle similar requirements. Alternatively, let us know what type of problems you’re experienci…

It’s worth noting that there is work being done to link iNat with iRecord. iNat observations would count toward iRecord, but the reverse is not true. Assuming the bugs get worked out, this means that iNat observations would be able to be more widely used, including by the people who rely on iRecor…

Thank you for replying. I just think it looks bizarre having British species mixed with tropical species. I think I’ll stick to iRecords when I’m back in England, and continue with iNaturalist with my Ugandan species. I now know you can sort by location and set up groups, but I don’t like the fact y…

Thank you for the info. This is interesting to hear about. Best wishes, Darren.

[image] dazzy78: I think I’ll stick to iRecords when I’m back in England, and continue with iNaturalist with my Ugandan species. It’s absolutely fine for you to use iNaturalist in whatever way works best for you (assuming you stay within the fairly minimal guidelines). No one should feel the …

Recording data from two different countries without mixing observations

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deboas January 4, 2022, 2:42pm 6

You can easily see your observations separately from the two countries by going to “Your observations” and typing the country into the “Location” field.

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