Thank you and a questionnaire

Yes I enjoyed doing it and inaturalist worked well. Easier than irecord which I used before. Not all records filter through to the NBN Atlas as you will know (although the publicity implied they would). The data is hard to find on the NBN Atlas without the link you provide. I am pleased the project will continue although the website implies it finishes in December. I also see that much of the data generated pre-dates the project and includes sites which I didn't realise could be included (can it be any church or burial ground of any denomination?)

I find it very easy to use and I love the fact that others make suggestions or put you right of you have identified something incorrectly.

I found the naturalist app to be very useful for identifying plants I was not sure of. I did not find it easy to use as part of the beautiful burial grounds count on nature project. I was the only one in our group who had a smart phone. We made a comprehensive list of species that we could identify confidently, but did not bother taking photographs of all of them and so could not enter them into the project. I did send a written list separately.

I started recording the plants in our churchyard last year when I was asked to do some images to be shown on a "roll" for a church event. I then became determined to continue to record what I found and this spring and summer have visited every couple of weeks with a friend who takes images of the fauna - mainly insects - that we find. Using iNaturalist to identify my images has been a great help and these can easily be added to the Beautiful Burial Grounds project. I find that the confirmation or correction of my suggestions is very helpful as are the "top suggestions" given for each image. Having now done a short botany course with the Field Studies Council, I am much more informed about what I need to look for on the plants in order to make an informed identification. I shall certainly continue next year, especially as the season this year was unnaturally compressed by the extreme heatwave.

I have not used any recording systems like iNaturalist or been that interested in recording wildlife before but through Caring For God's Acre this project has made me take more notice of the wildlife around me generally as well as in burial grounds.

Using iNaturalist on my laptop is quite easy though I did not get on too well with the app, perhaps a more up-to-date phone might handle it better. One thing I thought was an issue was that iNaturalist is about recording wildlife and they say anything planted does not count. So I assumed that all or most of the trees and hedges in my local burial ground had most likely been planted so could only be recorded as a 'casual' observation.

I had a look at the NBN Atlas and I could not make much sense of it, there did not seem to be many recent observations there? I also looked on iRecord for my observations there. For people like myself who have a casual interest I would say iNaturalist is the more rewarding experience though you can only record what you can photograph (or make a sound recording of) which is sometimes a problem. I wonder if more flora and fungi get recorded than fauna as they can't run or fly away?

Overall, I have very much enjoyed taking part in this project and learning more about wildlife through iNaturalist has made me change my opinion on some plants (for the better) so thank you.

I have downloaded the iNaturalist app to my phone; however, I found that I could not join the project or add my observation to the project on my mobile phone. I have had to log in on my laptop to join the project and add my observations to the project.
I intend to ask a few friends to join before I organise a big nature-counting event so that I know it works for other people.