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.

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Title Description Author(s)sort ascending Free Availability
Elateridae of the British Isles From the website homepage: "The Elateridae, or Click Beetles as they are commonly known, are a family within the Co J. Wallace Yes Online View Edit
Biology And Identification Of Intertidal Polyzoa THE Polyzoa are sedentary aquatic animals which form colonies by budding. J. S. RYLAND Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Rocky Shore Snails As Material For Projects (With A Key For Their Identification) Rocky sea shores are amongst the best habitats in which to carry out biological field projects.
 In that habita J. H. Crothers Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Common Topshells: An Introduction To The Biology Of Osilinus Lineatus With Notes On Other Species In The Genus This review concentrates on those features of common topshell biology that are amenable to field study – distribution, a J. H. Crothers Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 3a. Hymenoptera - Bethyloidea (excluding Chrysididae) The Chrysididae, which are familiar insects, seem at first sight very different from the other much rarer Bethyloidea bu J. F. Perkins Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 7 Part 2a i. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea This part of the Handbooks includes a provisional key to the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae and keys to species of the Ich J. F. Perkins Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 7 Part 2a ii. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea IN addition to the remaining tribe of the Ichneumoninae, this section of the Handbook also includes the Alomyinae, Agrio J. F. Perkins Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 14a. Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae The last major review of the British Hydroptilidae was made by Mosely (1939), who described the males and ten females of J. E. Marshall Yes Online, PDF View Edit
An Illustrated Guide To The Diatoms Of British Coastal Plankton Following introductory sections rm the structure and ecology of marine diatoms, a key is provided to some sixty forms mo J. B. SYKES Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Butterfly ID Europe: an iSpiny Pocket Guide to Butterflies and day-flying Moths Identification app for butterflies and common day-flying moths of Western Europe. iSpiny No App View Edit
Orchid Id - The British Orchid Identification Guide Orchid Id will help you identify and record the wild orchids of the British Isles. Isoperla No App View Edit
Wild Flower Id - The British Identification Guide to Wild Flowers App for identifying wild flowers of the UK. Isoperla No App View Edit
Lobsters, mud shrimps and anomuran crabs This Synopsis contains keys and details accounts for the identification of lobsters, mud shrimps and anomuran crabs. Ingle & Christiansen No Publication View Edit
A guide to Life on Sandy Shores between Colwyn Bay and Fleetwood A resource to help identify and record shore life available as part of the Liverpool Bay Marine Recording Partnership an Ian Wallace Kathryn Turner Yes PDF View Edit
Simple key to Caddis Larvae Caddis larvae are very familiar aquatic insects but only a few of the 198 British and Irish species feature in popular g Ian Wallace No Publication View Edit
Difficult Seashell Identification Guide Produced by Liverpool Bay Recording Partnership - this is a fab guide to shells likely to be found on British coasts - Ian Wallace Yes PDF View Edit
Animals other than Shells This is a great additional help identifying marine wildlife other than those with shells, based on surveys between Fleet Ian Wallace Yes PDF View Edit
UK Moths Online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Lots of photos. Ian Kimber Yes Online View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 5a. Diptera - Tephritidae Most species of Tephritidae (=Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Euribiidae) are phytophagous and have prominently patterned wings I. M. White Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 2 Part 5a. Homoptera - Psylloidea The Psylloidea, or jumping plant-lice, are an important component of the hemipterous fauna of many dicotyledenous plants I. D. Hodkinson & I. M. White Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 7 Part 2b. Ichneumonidae - Orthopelmatinae & Anomaloninae This handbook is the third dealing with the Ichneumonidae. The first two by Dr J. F. I. D. Gauld & P. A. Mitchell Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Key to Groups of British Grasses The key provides an introduction and guide for beginners in the identification of grasses in flower. Hyslop, Burkmar & Hunnex Yes Online View Edit
Marine and brackish water Harpacticoid Copepods (Part 1) The order Harpacticoida is one of the ten orders of the sub-class Copepoda which, along with six other sub-classes, make Huys et al No Publication View Edit
Seed and leaf beetles This AIDGAP identification guide covers the adults of the Chrysomelidae, Orsodacnidae and Megalopodidae. Hubble No Publication View Edit
A Guide to Grasses, their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles ISPN: 0140132279 The classic text on British Grass identification. 476pp, numerous line illustrations. Hubbard, C. E. No Online View Edit
British Froghoppers IdentiKit This visualisation and multi-access key was built on a knowledge-base for British froghoppers. Howells, Nia Yes Online, App View Edit
Species checklist for UK hoverflies Species checklist for UK hoverflies. Hoverfly Recording Scheme Yes Online View Edit
A key to the woodlice of Britain and Ireland The AIDGAP identification guide to woodlice contains keys to the 35 species of woodlice known to be breed outdoors in th Hopkin No Publication View Edit
A key to the Collembola (Springtails) of Britain and Ireland The AIDGAP identification guide to Collembola (springtails) has been designed to guide the beginner to this group throug Hopkin No Publication View Edit
The woodlouse name trail Woodlice are widespread and common animals. Hopkin No Publication View Edit
Understanding geography fieldwork 3: The river environment This is a guide to carrying out geographical fieldwork on the topic of rivers. Holmes & Warn No Publication View Edit
Winter Webs A guide to spider webs commonly found in winter, and how they can help us find out which family or genus of spiders made Holly Dillon Yes PDF View Edit
Spiders you can ID and record during lockdown FSC BioLinks Virtual Meetup 1: Spiders you can ID and record during lockdown Holly Dillon takes us through a number o Holly Dillon Yes Online View Edit
Fungi Name Trail: Identification Guide Produced in association with the British Mycological Society, this key is to guide teachers and students to help identif Holden & Hamper No Publication View Edit
A field key to the British Brown Seaweeds This AIDGAP identification key is designed to allow non-specialists to identify the majority of British macroscopic (lar Hiscock Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Synopsis of the British Fauna No. 4 (2nd edn) Harvestmen Full copy of this classic text and key to UK Harvestmen, published by the Linnean Society in 1989. Hillyard & Sankey Yes PDF View Edit
Intro to Ladybird Larvae ID This is one of FSC BioLinks informal virtual meet ups (VMUs) on Zoom which we've started doing in response to the C Helen Roy and Peter Brown Yes Online View Edit
Ladybirds This revised and updated edition of Ladybirds provides a succinct but comprehensive and accessible overview of the biolo Helen E Roy, Peter MJ Brown, Richard F Comont, Remy L Poland, John J Sloggett, Sophie Allington, Chris Shields No Publication View Edit
Cheilostomatous Bryozoa (part 1) Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea (2nd ed.) Bryozoans will be familiar to students and specialists of marine biology, but they may not be immediately recognised for Hayward & Ryland No Publication View Edit
Cheilostomatous Bryozoa (part 2) Hippothooidea - Celleporoidea (2nd ed.) Bryozoans will be familiar to students and specialists of marine biology, but they may not be immediately recognised for Hayward & Ryland No Publication View Edit
A new key to wild flowers Halfway between an introductory guide and a technical flora, this user-friendly key provides an easy route to the accura Hayward & Hickey No Publication View Edit
Cyclostome Bryozoans Bryozoans can be found in most marine habitats. Hayward & Ryland No Publication View Edit
English translation to accompany De Nederlandse hooiwagens (Opiliones) This translation is intended to act as a supplement to the Dutch publication, to which reference should be made for phot Hay Wijnhoven Yes Online, PDF View Edit
De Nederlandse hooiwagens (Opiliones) A superb account of the Dutch Harvestmen which includes most of the UK fauna. The illustrations are outstanding. Hay Wijnhoven No Publication View Edit
British birds of prey Produced in conjunction with the Hawk and Owl Trust, this chart will help you to identify birds of prey in flight in the Hawk and Owl Trust No Publication View Edit
British water plants This AIDGAP field guide to British water plants is a comprehensive guide to the identification of living specimens in th Haslam, Sinker & Wolseley No Publication View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 4a. Diptera - Brachycera. Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Now superceded - see comments.) THE evolution of Diptera has clearly followed two main lines, one leading to Nematocera Harold Oldroyd Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 1. Diptera - 1. Introduction and key to families HITHERTO the only key to the families of British Diptera has been that given in Wingate's Durham Diptera (1906), wh H. Oldroyd Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 2 Part 4a. Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part) - Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae For a number of years there has been no single and comprehensive work available for the identification of the aphid spec H. L. G. Stroyan No View Edit
Woodland plants Colour illustrations of 41 species of common woodland plant are included in this 8-page laminated fold-out chart. Gulliver, Gulliver & Roberts No Publication View Edit

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