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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| 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 for Araneae | A collection of photographs for UK Araneae (spiders) | 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 Amphibians | A collection of photographs for British Amphibians. | 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 Collection for Birds | A collection of photographs for British birds. | 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 Collections for Coleoptera | A collection of photographs for UK beetles. | Steven Falk | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Photo gallery - Sciomyzidae (snail-killing or marsh flies) | Steve Falk's Flickr gallery of Sciomyzidae (snail-killing or marsh flies) https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N0 | 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 |
| Draft key to British blowflies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae) | This is a test version. | Steven Falk | Yes | 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 |
| Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland | Written by Steven Falk, professional naturalist and conservationist with over forty years' experience of working wi | Steven Falk | No | Publication | 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 |
| British Caterpillar Galleries | These caterpillar (larva) picture galleries contain identification photos of many of the most distinctive caterpillars o | Steve Ogden (Wildlife Insight) | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Field Guide to the Larvae and Exuviae of British Dragonflies: Damselflies (Zgypotera) and Dragonflies (Anisoptera) | This publication combines the original volume 1 on dragonflies and volume 2 on damselflies, now both out of print. Th | Steve Cham | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Field Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland (2014 edition) | All Great Britain and Ireland's resident and migrant dragonfly and damselfly species fully described and illustrate | Steve Brooks & Steve Cham, illustrated by Richard Lewington | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identikit Waders of Britain and Ireland | A multi-access digital identification key covering 28 wader species known to occur in Britain and Ireland on a regular b | Stephen Docker and Keith Offord | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| WildID Waders of Britain and Ireland | A 12 page laminated fold out guide covering the identification of 28 wader species known to occur in Britain and Ireland | Stephen Docker and Keith Offord | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identikit Macrofungi Genera (Gills) | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering over 200 gilled macrofungi genera known to occur in Britain | Stephen Docker and Geoffrey Kibby | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Identikit Plant Families | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering 14 plant families which, between them, contain approx 67% o | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Identikit Beetle Families | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering 102 beetle families known to occur in Britain and Ireland. | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Quizlet Waders of Britain and Ireland | An on-line, digital flash card learning resource covering 28 wader species known to occur in Britain and Ireland on a re | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Echinoderms | The most complete coverage of the British echinoderm fauna published since 1927! | Southwood & Campbell | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Barnacles | Barnacles are familiar objects to mariners and seaside tourists. | Southwood | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Features of the South Downs Way | The South Downs National Park was designated in March 2010. | South Downs National Park & FSC | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Badhamia slime moulds | This beta phase identification resource was created by Sophie Trice for the NHM Identification Trainers for the Future P | Sophie Trice | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Wild bees of Scotland - Identification Guide | This guide uses a combination of size, colour pattern and biological information to provide an identification key of 14 | SNH | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Ants | This paperback published by Pelagic Publishing is a reprint edition of the original, now out-of-print, paperback by Rich | Skinner, Gary J | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Earthworms Synopsis | Since 1985, this Synopsis has been the standard work in English, providing the only generally-available means for correc | Sims & Gerard | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Rocky shore name trail | 8-panel laminated fold-out chart will help you to identify some of the seashore animals, lichens and seaweeds that you a | Simms, Cremona & Ward | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to the UK cetaceans and seals | Many large sea mammals, including whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals, can be seen around the UK's coast. | Simmonds & Molleson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Pdf key to British Silphidae | There are only 21 species recorded from the UK and most of these are reasonably large in size, making identification a l | Silphidae recording Scheme | Yes | View Edit | |
| Earthworm Identikit | This resource is a web-based multi-access key for the 27 species of UK earthworms. | Sherlock, Burkmar, Bell | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the Earthworms of the UK & Ireland (1st Edition) | Illustrated in colour throughout, this groundbreaking new AIDGAP guide should enable users to identify all 27 species of | Sherlock | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Key to the Earthworms of the UK and Ireland (2nd Edition) | This AIDGAP identification guide covers all the species of earthworms found living freely in the UK and Ireland. | Sherlock | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Seasearch Identifications Facebook Group | A group for Seasearch Observers and Surveyors and others involved in identifying and recording marine plants and animals | Seasearch | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Athecate hydroids and their medusae | Suiable for amateur and professsional naturalists, this new Synopsis provides a concise account of the morphology, habit | Schuchert | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to the night sky | This laminated fold-out chart will tell you how to find your way about the night sky, and how to identify some of the pl | Scagell & Penston | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Oxfordshire sedges | This ID resource was created by Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick from the Oxfordshire Flora Group using the FSC Identiki | Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Oxfordshire grasses | This ID resource was created by Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick from the Oxfordshire Flora Group using the FSC Identiki | Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Farmland Bird ID Guide | Produced in collaboration with the RSPB this free colour ID guide contains images and descriptions of: Grey partridge, R | RSPB, GWCT | Yes | View Edit | |
| Bird identifier | Simple online key to UK birds. | RSPB | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland | This atlas describes the distribution of ladybirds in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, using d | Roy, Brown, Frost & Poland | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Slugs of Britain and Ireland | Full-colour AIDGAP guide gives a fully comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the slug fauna of Britain and Ireland. | Rowson, Turner, Anderson & Symondson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 12 Fumitories of Britain and Ireland | ISBN-13: 978-0-901158-40-6 Fumitories are a fascinating group of plants. | Rosaline J. Murphy | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Rogers Mushrooms | Rogers Mushrooms was the perfect reference tool to learn about and identify fungi, including mushrooms, truffles, puffba | Roger Phillips | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Reptiles and amphibians of Britain and Ireland | This 8-page laminated fold-out chart includes 13 species of non-marine reptile and amphibian which breed in Britain, and | Roberts, Froglife & Ovenden | No | Publication | View Edit |
