# Sort list by first/last observed **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** web, lists\ **Created:** [June 11, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-list-by-first-last-observed/4069 "2019-06-11T18:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![schoenitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/schoenitz/32/56_2.png) [@schoenitz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/schoenitz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-list-by-first-last-observed/4069/1 "2019-06-11T18:43:47Z")
Ebird has this nice functionality where one’s life list (or the list associated with a place) can be sorted by the date a bird was first or last seen. I would like to see something similar on iNaturalist as well. Often enough it happens that my species counter moves and I have to wonder, wait what did I see today that I have never seen before. It’s not always easy to figure out. I understand that lists as such are deprecated, and one should use the explore page instead. Also, there are a number of feature requests active w/r/t the explore page, and it’s scheduled to be redesigned from the ground up. So this is more of a general note instead of yet-another feature request. But it would be nice to have. ---
**Author:** ![reuvenm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/reuvenm/32/65_2.png) [@reuvenm](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/reuvenm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-list-by-first-last-observed/4069/2 "2019-06-14T16:25:43Z")
> Often enough it happens that my species counter moves and I have to wonder, wait what did I see today that I have never seen before. It’s not always easy to figure out. You can actually see this already with the calendar. Here you can see that I first observed Carpet Bugle on this date: [https://www.inaturalist.org/calendar/reuvenm/2019/6/9](https://www.inaturalist.org/calendar/reuvenm/2019/6/9) I do agree that a easy place to see all your first/last observations of each species would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![schoenitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/schoenitz/32/56_2.png) [@schoenitz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/schoenitz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-list-by-first-last-observed/4069/3 "2019-06-17T16:08:19Z")
Hey that’s really useful, and I didn’t know about it. Thanks! Although it mostly does answer my immediate question of ‘what new thing did I see today?’, it does give funky results and does not act like the first seen/last seen list you’d find on ebird. And that’s not because it isn’t a list - it’s because of inconsistent results like these: Two firsts for a single observation: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/0/071627ae70c6d165e31edb3c7cf9b0b121f22abf.png) Missed a first: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/e/ee13acd3043435922aadd2c6be579e52c14194f3.jpeg) Different ‘firsts’ for different observations of the same taxon: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/4/454b66632094a01be9cc5b967b9545c2e8b4b839.png) It looks like as cool as it is, this functionality needs a little work. ---
**Author:** ![charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@charlie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charlie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-list-by-first-last-observed/4069/4 "2019-06-17T16:10:10Z")
yeah the calendar is part of a very ‘old’ or depreciated part of the site. The life list first feature is one i really like and look at often too, but it does indeed miss things or have other errors. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sort-list-by-first-last-observed/4069/5 "2019-08-16T16:10:15Z")
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