DavidRoy
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3 years ago @IanMiddlebrook I suggest we complete the review of sites in the online system first. If the sections don't exist then there will be no counts uploaded. There are likely to be several cases where the historic data is not yet available and we'll need to manage expectations on when we'll have time to work on this
Hi @DavidRoy @Gary-van-Breda
It's been pointed out to me that there is no historic data for 'Sun Lane Nature Reserve' on the website, despite us having data from 2003-2015. I investigated, and found that the basic walk details are all there (date, time, weather etc) but no butterfly counts. This transect just had the one section, but it looks like that section didn't exist o the system (no route, not even a grid ref).
I've successfully managed to create the section (I don't have the actual route, just drew a simple square), but that doesn't seem to have made any difference to the data entry page, which still doesn't have a section 1 column for any of those historic walks.
Raises a couple of questions: are there any other sites like that whose historic data went in to a black hole because the sections didn't exist in the database? why does the data entry page still not show a Section 1 column now that the section does exist?
thanks, Ian