Submitting Moth Night Data

After reading about Neil’s difficulties with the data entry I felt rather guilty at asking Matthew to enter my data for me so thought I ought to try it myself. I did not have the problems experienced by Neil. However I would add a few comments and advice.

I have a relatively fast broadband connection. My browser is Firefox.

Submit the basic information prior to any species records to ensure that is acceptable.

I entered my data in batches, marked up on an excel sheet in a window on my desktop visible along with the web site entry form. This meant I knew exactly which species I had added since once 123 species had been added the web site no longer displayed further entries through my browser, though they had been accepted. Provided you fill in all the blocks for the first species in a batch the data is copied for the next species. If you don’t it is very tedious filling in every box separately. I ran down my species names in a batch and then ran down the numbers found. If you decide to do it all in one batch it might still be wise to start with one small batch to check all is OK. Hope it goes well.

OK so I have to edit my comments. Yes there was a problem. No records accepted above 123! Am now submitting a second page for the same date for the remaining species. Could be a browser issue? Don’t know but they couldn’t find any of my records above the 123 count.

This entry was posted in Moth records, National Moth Night. Bookmark the permalink.