Trips and Sightings

This screen shows a list of trips in the selected workspace. The left panel shows a list of the Trips organised by month, the right panel shows the species sightings for the selected trip.

Moving the mouse to the extreme left of the Trips list or pressing Ctrl+T on the keyboard will display a fast index to the trips. The fast index contains a year and month index click on any year and month to rapidly position to the tip for the selected year and month. To close the index press the Escape key or Ctrl+T.

Toolbar - File Menu Functions

Name	icon	Shortcut	Action
Database select		(Alt + 1)	Close the trips window and the current database and display the database selection window.
Workspace select		(Alt + 2)	Close this trips window and display the trips workspace selection window.
Spreadsheet select		(Alt + 3)	Close the trips window and display the spreadsheet selection window.
Species Checklist		(Alt + 5)	Close the trips window and create a species checklist.
List select		(Alt + 4)	Close the trips window and display the lists selection window
Report		(Ctrl + P)	Produce a report
Export		(Ctrl + E)	Export the trips and sightings for use in an external spreadsheet package.
Upload		(Ctrl + U)	Upload data to Nature Lister.
Shutdown			Close the Wildlife Recorder 4 program.

Toolbar - Home Menu Functions

Name	icon	Shortcut	Action
New Trip			Add a new trip.
Add Sightings			Add new sightings to the selected trip.Edit sighting
Edit sighting			First select the species sightings you want to update in the sighting grid and then click the icon See editing sightings
Bulk sightings entry			Bulk sightings entry provides a rapid method of entering many sighting using the keyboard. To start the Bulk Sightings Editor click on Home menu and then the icon
Delete sighting(s)			First select the species sighting(s) you want to delete by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the sightings grid rows then click on Home menu and the icon or press the Delete key. A warning message will be displayed click the Yes button if you wish to proceed with to deletion.
Sightings Mass Change			To make the same changes to multiple sightings first select the species sighting rows you wish to change by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the sightings grid rows then Click on Home menu and click the icon. See Sightings Mass Change.
Edit trip			First select the trip you want to update in the trip grid and then Click on Home menu and click the icon
Trips Mass Change			To make the same changes to multiple trips first select the trips rows you wish to change by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the trip grid rows then Click on Home menu and click the icon. See Trips Mass Change.
Delete trip(s)			First select the trips(s) you want to delete by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the trip grid rows then click on Home menu and the icon or press the Delete key. A warning message will be displayed click the Yes button if you wish to proceed with to deletion.
Find Trips and Sightings		(Ctrl+F)	Show the Find options menu. Select Species to search for a sighting species (see Searching for Species) Select Location to search for a trip location (see Searching for Locations). Select Date to search for a trip dates (see Searching for Dates in Trips). Once a find has been performed you can find the Next and Previous matches by using or by pressing the F3 or Shift+F3 keys.
Filter Trips and Sightings		(Ctrl+Q)	Show only those trips matching the entered filter values. For help with filtering locations see the topic Filtering the trips and sightings display .
Clear Trips and Sightings filter		(Shift+Ctrl+Q)	Select Clear from the menu to remove the current filter and display all the trips.
Internet lookup		(Ctrl+I)	To look up information about a species on the web then select a supported website from the drop-down.

Toolbar - View Menu Functions

Toolbar - Help Menu Functions

Context Menus (Right Click)

Toolbar - Home Menu Functions

Name	icon	Shortcut	Action
New Trip			Add a new trip.
Add Sightings			Add new sightings to the selected trip.Edit sighting
Edit sighting			First select the species sightings you want to update in the sighting grid and then click the icon See editing sightings
Bulk sightings entry			Bulk sightings entry provides a rapid method of entering many sighting using the keyboard. To start the Bulk Sightings Editor click on Home menu and then the icon
Delete sighting(s)			First select the species sighting(s) you want to delete by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the sightings grid rows then click on Home menu and the icon or press the Delete key. A warning message will be displayed click the Yes button if you wish to proceed with to deletion.
Sightings Mass Change			To make the same changes to multiple sightings first select the species sighting rows you wish to change by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the sightings grid rows then Click on Home menu and click the icon. See Sightings Mass Change.
Edit trip			First select the trip you want to update in the trip grid and then Click on Home menu and click the icon
Trips Mass Change			To make the same changes to multiple trips first select the trips rows you wish to change by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the trip grid rows then Click on Home menu and click the icon. See Trips Mass Change.
Delete trip(s)			First select the trips(s) you want to delete by clicking in the row selector box at the left of the trip grid rows then click on Home menu and the icon or press the Delete key. A warning message will be displayed click the Yes button if you wish to proceed with to deletion.
Find Trips and Sightings		(Ctrl+F)	Show the Find options menu. Select Species to search for a sighting species (see Searching for Species) Select Location to search for a trip location (see Searching for Locations). Select Date to search for a trip dates (see Searching for Dates in Trips). Once a find has been performed you can find the Next and Previous matches by using or by pressing the F3 or Shift+F3 keys.
Filter Trips and Sightings		(Ctrl+Q)	Show only those trips matching the entered filter values. For help with filtering locations see the topic Filtering the trips and sightings display .
Clear Trips and Sightings filter		(Shift+Ctrl+Q)	Select Clear from the menu to remove the current filter and display all the trips.
Internet lookup		(Ctrl+I)	To look up information about a species on the web then select a supported website from the drop-down.

Name	icon	Shortcut	Action
Expand all trips		(Alt + Add)	Select Help menu and then the icon or shortcut
Collapse all trips		(Alt + Subtract)	Select Help menu and then the icon or shortcut

Name	icon	Shortcut	Action
Show Window Help Page		(F1)	Select Help menu and select the icon or the shortcut (F1).
Wildlife Recorder 4 Information			Select Help menu and select the icon
Wildlife Recorder User Area			To display the Wildlife Recorder User Area in a browser window select Help menu and select the icon
Check for Updates			To check for updates to Wildlife Recorder 4 select Help menu and select the icon