Thanks Dave, that is the one I was trying to think of.Dave B Smith said:David,
There is an excellent one that one of the BF members did. His name is Jeff and you can download his program from his Brandonbird website.Here's the link: BrandonBirding
GAZ said:Hello all
Just downloaded the database and am now frantically inputting the data from my note books - will end up with a couple of years worth of records - excellent!!
My local 'patch' is similar to Jeff's - Brandon, Coombe abbey , draycote water etc - basically Warwickshire - but my wife has just organised a long weekend in Norfolk for my 40th Birthday - that should boost the list abit
thanks Jeff - excellent effort
Gaz
I wrote my own excel spreadsheet to record sightings. I print out a list to tick birds seen on when I'm out and fill in the spreadsheet when I get home. Saves the worry of taking all my notes out into the field and getting them wet, muddy, lost, etc. Works well for me and I modify it slightly as I decide I want more info in it etc. PM me if you want a copy of basic outline.Eliter7 said:Anyone got a database that isnt Access format as i dont have that but would like to start recording etc.
Thanks
I'll have a look at the design (if it lets me) and let you know. I wrote my own in Access precisely so I could do complex reports on the database.Alan G said:Been using Jeffs Birding Database for a few months now and find it very good but it only sorts by Life List or site.
Can anyone advise how I can get it to sort out my entries into year seen, county, etc?
It's MS Access so I assume it should be doable, it's just I'm not very good with Access?
Thanks
Alan
Alan G said:Been using Jeffs Birding Database for a few months now and find it very good but it only sorts by Life List or site.
Can anyone advise how I can get it to sort out my entries into year seen, county, etc?
It's MS Access so I assume it should be doable, it's just I'm not very good with Access?
Thanks
Alan
If you are using Jeff's Birding Database this is the standard reports screenAlan G said:I like the look of that screenshot, Jeff.
How do I go about creating this for my own database?
County is recorded by the database against each site. But needs to be pulled from the database in a query.Alan G said:Ideally, what I'm after is lifelist, yearlist (creatable by year), place list & county list (I'll need to create an extra column in the database to accept cuounty as this isn't currently recordable).
Again this is just a matter of writing the right queries. I am not sure I want to post something like this is the Forum - better in a PM.Alan G said:Currently, when I select a report (I can only select life & place at the minute) it lists every bird I've seen as well as the numbers seen ie: gadwall seen on 6 occasions, with a and each time listed and how many seen.
Although this is something I may find useful I'd really want it to ignore any recurrance of the bird (ie: only count each bird once) with the total number of species for that particular list.