ID Resource Resource Finder

The ID Resource Finder is an online searchable catalogue of UK wildlife identification resources. A key feature is that this catalogue is crowd-sourced, all you have to do is create an account to add/edit the resources.

If you spot anything missing, any broken links or mistakes then please jump in and add/fix it. Or let the team know about issue via email: [email protected].

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Land snails in the British Isles (2nd edition) This fully illustrated AIDGAP identification guide should enable most beginners to identify all the land snails found in Cameron and Riley No Publication View Edit
Guide to wildlife of burial grounds Churchyards, cemeteries and burial grounds are found all across the UK and many have become living sanctuaries for wildl Caring for God's Acre No Publication View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 2. Coleoptera. Carabidae THE family Carabidae is here treated in its widest sense, that, is including also the Tiger-beetles which have often bee Carl H. Lindroth Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Lichen App for assessing Nitrogen pollution This mobile app is a tool for assessing the status of nitrogen in your area by surveying lichen on trees. CEH Yes Online, App View Edit
iRecord Grasshoppers Orthoptera and related insects are not well recorded in the UK and so scientists have little information about their dis CEH Yes App View Edit
Guide to using a lichen based index to nitrogen air quality This guide provides a simple method for determining gaseous nitrogen pollution that can be used by anyone interested in CEH, NHM & University of Nottingham No Publication View Edit
Guide to British Dung Beetles: GEOTRUPIDAE (Dor beetles) PDF linked from webpage with extra information: https://dungbeetlemap.wordpress.com/dung-beetles/geotrupidae/ The Geotr Ceri Watkins, Dung Beetle UK Mapping Project Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Guide to British Dung Beetles: ONTHOPHAGUS PDF linked from webpage with extra information: https://dungbeetlemap.wordpress.com/dung-beetles/onthophagus/ Picture g Ceri Watkins, Dung Beetle UK Mapping Project Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 2a. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (a). THE Chalcidoidea (Chalcid flies) form one of the largest superfamilies of the Hymenoptera, and are distributed in almost Ch. Ferrière and G. J. Kerrich Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Atlas of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland Produced in partnership with the British Dragonfly Society and Dragonfly Ireland, this full colour hardback book (approx Cham, Nelson, Prentice, Smallshire & Taylor No Publication View Edit
Checklist: Diptera RES Handbook vol 12 part 1. Chandler No Publication View Edit
Seasearch Guide to Sea Anemones and Corals of Britain and Ireland (2nd Edition) The cool temperate waters around Britain & Ireland contain a huge variety of marine life and the sea anemones an Chris Wood No Publication View Edit
Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland This lavishly illustrated book aims to introduce divers and snorkellers to a selection of the animals and plants from sp Chris Wood No Publication View Edit
Bats of Britain, Europe & Northwest Africa ISPN: 9781408105313 Comprehensive book covering all species of bat in the UK (and even the rest of Europe and North Afr Christian Dietz, Otto von Helverson & Dietmar Nill No Publication View Edit
Xeno-Canto A citizen science project dedicated to sharing wildlife sounds. Citizen Science Yes Online View Edit
Wild Flower Key Corrigenda Details of important corrections to the Wild Flower Key are set out in this PDF. CLARE O’REILLY Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Cladocera key Key to cladocera - in FRENCH - but very easy to use Claude Amoros Yes Online, PDF View Edit
New Flora of the British Isles Description
 Since its first publication in 1991, New Flora of the British Isles has become established as Clive Stace No Publication View Edit
Conchological Society Encyclopedia of Marine Molluscs The Encyclopedia is an emerging on-line reference source for the species of mollusc found within Britain and Ireland whi Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland Yes Online View Edit
British Marine Mollusca Facebook Group For discussion, sharing of information and people who are rather obsessed with British Marine Mollusca.
 &#1 Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland Yes Online View Edit
North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae (part 1) Hydroids and their medusae are amongst the most exquisitely beautiful and intriguing of marine invertebrate groups. Cornelius No Publication View Edit
North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae (part 2) Hydroids and their medusae are amongst the most exquisitely beautiful and intriguing of marine invertebrate groups. Cornelius No Publication View Edit
Identifying the British species of Leptophlebiidae There are three genera of Leptophlebiidae present in the British Isles: Habrophlebia; Leptophlebia; and Paraleptophlebia Craig Macadam Yes Online, PDF View Edit
A guide to hedgerows Produced in partnership with OMSCo (The Organic Milk Co-operative), this fold-out chart provides an identification guide Crane & Roberts No Publication View Edit
Understanding Ecology Fieldwork 1. Rocky shore communities Rocky shore communities has been used in draft form for many years by student visitors to FSC Field Centres. Cremona No Publication View Edit
Guide to foraging: top 25 edible plants Foraging: what better way to enjoy the outdoors than to go and find your own food for free? Cremona & Harper No Publication View Edit
A key to the major groups of British freshwater invertebrates This AIDGAP identification guide is designed to help non-specialists identify the invertebrates found in pools, lakes, s Croft No Publication View Edit
Guide to British freshwater fishes This 8-panel laminated fold-out chart shows all the freshwater fish that you are likely to see in ponds, streams and riv Croft & Roberts No Publication View Edit
A key to the crabs and crab-like animals of British inshore waters This fully-illustrated AIDGAP field guide enables the non-specialist to identify all of the crabs that are likely to be Crothers & Crothers No Publication View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 6. Plecoptera RATHER weakly chitinized insects with two pairs of membranous wings often reduced in the male. D. E. Kimmins Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 9. Ephemeroptera NORMALLY two pairs of wings; anterior pair much larger than the posterior which in some genera are much reduced in size D. E. Kimmins Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 10. Coleoptera. Histeroidea THE Superfamily Histeroidea includes three families, Sphaeritidae, Syntellidae and Histeridae. D. G. H. Halstead Yes Online, PDF View Edit
A Key To The Families Of British Diptera This AIDGAP key should enable anybody to identify adult flies to their family. D. M. Unwin Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 5. Cuckoo-Wasps. Hymenoptera, Chrysididae Among the British aculeate Hymenoptera, the Chrysididae constitute a spectacularly coloured but little known group of pa D. Morgan Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Illustrated key to the families of British Springtails (Collembola) This new AIDGAP guide, in the fold-out chart style, is an illustrated key to the families of Collembola in Britain. Dallimore & Shaw No Publication View Edit
Beetles attracted to Moth traps A free online guide, showing UK beetle species commonly attracted to light traps. Dan Asaw Yes Online View Edit
A guide to British Amphibians The British isles is home to seven amphibian species. David Bodenham Yes Online View Edit
Conopids 'Conopids' is an open Facebook group for anyone interested in thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae). David Clements Yes Online View Edit
Grasshoppers of Norfolk A guide to identification of Orthoptera in Norfolk. Includes information on habitats, calls, distribution maps. David Richmond Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Bumblebees of Norfolk As an aid to identification, the Norfolk bumblebees are presented here as three sets of six: • six common species which David Richmond Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Shropshire Earwig Species Photo gudie to identifying the three species of earwig found in Shropshire. David W. Williams Yes PDF View Edit
A Guide to Shropshire Orthoptera and Dermaptera Excluding escapes and naturalised aliens (eg Egyptian grasshopper, house cricket) thirteen species of Orthoptera (grassh David Williams Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Brambles (Rubus) of Britain and Ireland Facebook group devoted to the identification and study of UK brambles David-Müzeyyen Merrick Yes Online View Edit
Dandelions (Taraxacum) of Britain and Ireland A Facebook group devoted to the identification of UK dandelions (Taraxacum), of the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. David-Müzeyyen Merrick Yes Online View Edit
Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe This Country Life Guide to the Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe is an excellent resource - particularly for those Dick Jones No Publication View Edit
Naamlijst en determinatiesleutel tot de pseudoschorpioenen van nederland (arachnida: pseudoscorpiones) A dutch key to dutch Pseudoscorpions. It's in Dutch. Dick van den Tooren Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Getting started with spider recording This free FSC fold-out chart contrains some of the easily recognisible spiders that can be found in the UK. Dillon, Holly Yes Publication View Edit
Tachinid Recording Scheme A UK-based project to help promote the recording and study of tachinid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae). Dipterists Forum Yes Online View Edit
Urban lichens 2 (on stone and soil) This is a good time to look at urban lichens, as levels of sulphur dioxide, air pollution and acid rain have been fallin Dobson No Publication View Edit
Lichens of heaths and moors This fold-out chart covers 62 of the species found on heaths and moors, organised into species that grow on the ground, Dobson No Publication View Edit

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