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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Title Description Author(s) Free Availability
Soil types: a field identification guide This AIDGAP field guide is intended to help students to identify soils in the field in the British Isles. Trudgill No Publication View Edit
Solitary Bees: Identification and Nesting Ecology This is one of FSC BioLinks informal virtual meet ups (VMUs) on Zoom which we've started doing in response to the C Aaron Bhambra Yes Online View Edit
Solitary Wasps This Naturalists' Handbook aims to attract more people to the study of solitary wasps by describing the ecology, di Peter F Yeo, Sarah A Corbet, Anthony J Hopkins No Publication View Edit
Sorting Short-eared and Long-eared Owls As difficult species go, the Long and Short-eared Owl pairing are amongst the most challenging to identify, especially i BTO Yes Online View Edit
Species checklist for UK hoverflies Species checklist for UK hoverflies. Hoverfly Recording Scheme Yes Online View Edit
Sphagnum ID guide This printable pdf is primarily a field guide to the Sphagnum mosses found in the Peak District National Park and South Moors for the Future Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Sphagnum mosses in bogs Interested in bog mosses? Produced in association with the Moors For The Future partnership, IUCN and the Heather Trust O'Reilly, O'Reilly & Tratt No Publication View Edit
Spiders in your home A guide to help you identify six spider species commonly found in houses and other buildings Natural History Museum & OPAL Yes PDF View Edit
Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe The excellent Collins Guide was published in 1995 and covers most of the UK fauna except around 200 linyphiids (money sp Michael Roberts No Publication 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
Spiders of North-West Europe From the homepage: "This European spider site contains over 1500 pictures of 378 spiders in 176 genera commonly fou Anon Yes Online 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
Spinnentiere, Arachnida: Weberknechte, Opiliones (Martens 1978) PART 1 German text. Huge amount of taxonomic information and diagrams about harvestmen. Jochen Martens Yes PDF View Edit
Spinnentiere, Arachnida: Weberknechte, Opiliones (Martens 1978) PART 2 German text. Huge amount of taxonomic information and diagrams about harvestmen. Jochen Martens Yes PDF View Edit
Spinnentiere, Arachnida: Weberknechte, Opiliones (Martens 1978) PART 3 German text. Huge amount of taxonomic information and diagrams about harvestmen. Jochen Martens Yes PDF View Edit
Sponges of Britain and Ireland A website based on the text Sponges of the British Isles - A colour guide and working document, 1992 Edition. Ackers, R.G., Moss, D. & Picton, B. E. Yes Online View Edit
Sponges of the British Isles ("Sponge V") Guide to the sponges of Britain and Ireland, revised 2007. Ackers, R.G., Moss, D. & Picton, B. E. Yes PDF View Edit
Spring moths Identikit This ID resource created by Paul Palmer is a mutli-access key to some of our springtime moths. Paul Palmer Yes Online View Edit
Spring Snowdrop Identification Guide to the snowdrop species and varieties found in the UK. M. J. Crawley Yes PDF View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Amphibians A collection of photographs for British Amphibians. Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Araneae A collection of photographs for UK Araneae (spiders) Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Birds A collection of photographs for British birds. Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Diptera A collection of photographs for UK diptera. Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Hemiptera A collection of photographs for UK Hemiptera (bugs, aphids, cicadas etc.). Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Hymenoptera A collection of photographs for UK Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives). Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Mammals A collection of photographs for British Mammals. Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Molluscs A collection of photographs for UK molluscs. Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Odonata A collection of photographs for UK Odonata (dragonflies & damselflies). Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Opiliones A collection of photographs for UK Opiliones (Harvestmen spiders). Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Orthoptera A collection of photographs for UK Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, bush-crickets etc.) Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collection Reptiles A collection of photographs for British Reptiles. Steven Falk Yes Online View Edit
Steven Falk's Flickr Collections for Coleoptera A collection of photographs for UK beetles. Steven Falk Yes Online 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
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
Taking a look at terns video: Common and Arctic Tern This short film takes you through the differences between common and arctic terns. BTO Yes Online View Edit
Taking a look at terns: Roseate, Sandwich and Little Tern This video rounds up the identification of other Terns - Roseate, Sandwich and Little Tern. BTO Yes Online View Edit
Tasselweeds - ID video A video guide (short YouTube film) to the diagnostic features of the Tasselweeds, Ruppia cirrhosa and R. Lliam Rooney/BSBI Yes Online View Edit
Telling apart Marsh and Willow Tits Of the more common species in the UK, Marsh and Willow Tit probably present one of the more difficult ID challenges. BTO Yes Online View Edit
The adult Trichoptera (caddisflies) of Britain and Ireland RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 17. Barnard & Ross No Publication View Edit
The Big Seaweed Search Guide to UK seaweeds. OPAL & British Phycological Society Yes Online, PDF, Publication View Edit
The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland (new 2014 edition) The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident and migratory butterfli Jeremy Thomas & Richard Lewington No Publication View Edit
The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland RES Handbook vol 4 part 2. Luff No Publication View Edit
The Common Grass Moths of Berkshire (VC22) The Grass Moths (Crambinae) are represented by 39 species in the British Isles. Berkshire Moth Group Yes Online, PDF View Edit
The Conifers of Britain Conifers of Britain is an interactive guide for anyone who wants to identify one of the 50 or so species of coniferous t Matt Parratt Yes Online View Edit
The Dreaded Scopariinae – some notes on identification You may think that all the Scoparia and Eudonia micro-moth species look the same! Tony Davis Yes Online View Edit
The Equisetum species (horsetails) of the British Isles Multi-access online key and descriptions generated from a DELTA database. L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz Yes Online View Edit
The Eyewitness Handbook of Trees A field guide to trees around the world, each depicted by a full-color photograph with a caption that describes key feat Allen J. Coombes No Publication View Edit
The families of British spiders Delta Intkey for the identification of British Spiders to family. L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz Yes Online View Edit
The fern guide (3rd edition) This fully illustrated AIDGAP identification guide should enable most beginners to put a name to the ferns, clubmosses, Merryweather No Publication View Edit
The Flora and Vegetation of Shropshire The Flora and Vegetation of Shropshire is a book which describes the distribution and ecology of every one of the plants Alex Lockton and Sarah Whild No Publication View Edit

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