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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Description | Author(s) | Free | Availability | |
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| Xeno-Canto | A citizen science project dedicated to sharing wildlife sounds. | Citizen Science | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| World Spider Catalog | This primarily a fully searchable online database covering spider taxonomy, but it has a longer history of predecessors | Natural History Museum of Bern | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Woodlice and Waterlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea & Asellota) in Britain and Ireland | 4 species of waterlice and 40 species of woodlice occur outdoors in Britain and Ireland. | Gregory | No | Publication | 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 |
| Woodland name trail (mini beasts) | Looking to identify the minibeasts of soil and leaf litter? | Bebbington et al | 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 | View Edit | |
| Winter trees: a photographic guide to common trees and shrubs | Identifying trees in winter without their familiar leaves can apear a daunting challenge, but a closer look will reveal | Price & Bersweden | No | Publication | 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 |
| Wildflowers to look for in September | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in September. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Wildflowers to look for in August | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in August. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Wild Plants of the Woods | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in woodland. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 |
| Wild Flower Id - The British Identification Guide to Wild Flowers | App for identifying wild flowers of the UK. | Isoperla | No | App | View Edit |
| Wild berry (& other fruit) spotter’s sheet | Photo guide to the most commonly seen berries and fruiting trees and shrubs in hedgerows. | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 |
| What’s in bloom in June? | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June (alternate version). | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| What to look out for in July | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in July. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Weevil Guides | These are draft guides to genera or species groups of weevils. | Mark Gurney | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Watford Coleoptera Group | A brilliant site for identifying British beetles. | Watford Coleoptera Group | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Water horsetail - ID video | A video guide (short YouTube film) to the diagnostic features of Equisetum fluviatile (Water Horsetail) to aid in the id | Lliam Rooney/BSBI | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Water Beetle adults and larvae | A dichotomous key - in FRENCH - but very useable for adult and larvae of water beetles | Phillipe Richoux | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Walking With Woodlice | Simple key to help identify the woodlice that you are most likely to find. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Vegetative identification keys for selected woody plant genera in Western European cultivation | Vegetative identification keys (pdf files in English) for selected woody plant genera in Western European cultivation, c | Jan De Langhe | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Various keys to robberflies | Collection and links to various keys to robberflies, including LUCID and conventional keys to the different tribes, fami | F. Geller-Grimm | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Urban tree survey - tree identification key | Identification guide to support the urban tree survey. | NHM | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 |
| Urban lichens 1 (on trees and wood) | 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 |
| United Kingdom Turtle Code | Advice for sea users on how to deal with marine turtle encounters, including an identification guide to the five species | Marine Conservation Society | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 |
| Understanding Geography Fieldwork 2: The Central Business District | Central Business District is designed to support student-led field investigations in the CBD, and takes a structured rou | Warn & Holmes | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Understanding Geography Fieldwork 1: Statistics for Geographers | Aimed at GCSE and AS/A2, the Understanding Geography Fieldwork series of fold-out charts have been designed for independ | Sutton | 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 |
| UK Moths | Online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Lots of photos. | Ian Kimber | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| UK Linyphiidae Identikit | The knowledge-base for this visualisation is adapted from a spreadsheet created by Nigel Cane-Honeysett which, it turn, | Rich Burkmar | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| UK Harvetmen Flickr album | Album of photos of UK Harvestmen, covering all UK species. | Paul Richards | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| UK Harvestmen (Opiliones) Facebook group | UK Harvestmen (Opiliones) Facebook group, with group members sharing photos, ID help and signposting to courses and addi | Various | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| UK Dragonflies & Damselflies | This Facebook group is to enjoy and share information about those species of Dragonflies & Damselflies which are fou | Yes | Online | View Edit | |
| UK Butterflies | Identification guides (photo based) to UK butterflies, arranged by family. | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit | |
| UK Bees, Wasps and Ants | Facebook group devoted to the identification and recording of UK hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants). | Matt Smith | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Types of British Seaweed | Online identification guide (using photos) to seaweeds. Grouped by habitat. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Tufted Forget-me-not - ID video | A vidoe guide (short YouTube film) to the diagnostic features of Tufted Forget-me-not, to aid in the identification of t | Lliam Rooney/BSBI | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| True Weevils (Part III) | RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 17d. This Handbook is the third, and final, part covering the 'true weevils'. | Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
| True Weevils (part 2) Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae | RES handbook vol 5 part 17c. | Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
| True weevils (part 1) Coleoptera: Curculionidae | RES Handbook vol 5 part 17b. | Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Trees of Britain and Northern Europe | A guide to the identification of all tree species found in Britain and northern Europe. | Alan Mitchell | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Trees of Britain and Europe | This field guide contains a collection of photographs of everything you need to identify a tree - whether in winter, spr | Keith Rushforth | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Tree name trail | Produced with the support of the Forestry Commission, this 12-page laminated fold-out chart contains a full-colour illus | Oldham & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Tree identification key | An interactive key to tree identification. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Top 50 garden birds: British garden bird identification | This fold-out chart is designed to help with the identification of the majority of bird species likely to be found in a | Jackson, Simms & Shields | No | Publication | View Edit |
| The woodlouse name trail | Woodlice are widespread and common animals. | Hopkin | No | Publication | View Edit |
