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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| Bat Droppings Guide | A guide to the droppings of British bats, including diagrams illustrating the shape and size differences between species | Bat Conservation Trust | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Barnacles | Barnacles are familiar objects to mariners and seaside tourists. | Southwood | 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 |
| Atlas of the Predaceous Water Beetles (Hydradephaga) of Britain and Ireland | This atlas concerns the predaceous water beetles, or Hydradephaga – the whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae), the crawling wate | Foster, Bilton & Nelson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Atlas of the Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Britain and Ireland | Fleas (Siphonaptera) are wingless insects that are usually found in the nests, or on the bodies, of a wide range of mamm | Bob George | No | Publication | 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 |
| 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 |
| ARC Reptile Identification Guide (pdf) | Pictorial guide to all stages of all Britain's native and most widespread alien reptiles, downloadable as a pdf. | Amphibian and Reptile Conservation | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| ARC Amphibian Identification Guide (pdf) | Pictorial guide to all stages of all Britain's native and most widespread alien amphibians, downloadable as a pdf. | Amphibian and Reptile Conservation | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Araneae Spiders of Europe | An excellent online resource on European spider identification. | Editors - Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Daniel Gloor, Ambros Hänggi & Christian Kropf | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| April Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in April. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Apples: a field guide | The book is intended to help identify that unknown apple growing in your garden or in the park; to help you choose which | Michael Clark | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Aphids - Aphidinae (Macrosiphini) | RES Handbook vol 2 part 7. | Blackman | No | Publication | 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 |
| 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 | View Edit | |
| Animal Photos | Website showing photos of animals, focusing on wildlife. | Elizabeth Barrett | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| An Introduction to Centipedes, Millipedes and Woodlice | Although good taxonomic guides exist for these animals, there is a gap between beginners’ introductions to invertebrates | Paul Richards | No | Online | View Edit |
| An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species | An extremely well illustrated, with high resolution colour photographs, key and descriptions of species from Nordic and | Juho Paukkunen, Alexander Berg, Villu Soon, Frode Ødegaard, Paolo Rosa. | 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 |
| An Atlas of Waterfleas in Britain & Ireland | Updated distribution maps for 89 of the 92 species of Cladocera living in the water bodies of Britain & Ireland. | Adrian Chalkley | Yes | Online, PDF, Publication | View Edit |
| An amendment to the crab key | The crab key (Crothers and Crothers, 1983) is amended to incorporate the pelagic crab Planes minutus. | John and Marylin Crothers | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| AlgaeVision | A database and virtual collection of images of freshwater and terrestrial algae collected in Britain and Ireland | Natural History Museum, British Phycological Society | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Agromyzidae of Great Britain and Ireland | A descriptive and illustrative guide to the Agromyzidae (leaf-mining flies) of the British Isles | Agromyzidae Recording Scheme | Yes | View Edit | |
| A provisional atlas of the shieldbugs and alies of Shropshire | Shieldbugs have been little studied in Shropshire until very recently. | Pete Boardman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A provisional atlas of the bees, wasps and ants of Shropshire | Based on approximately 14000 records, covering over 300 species, this is the first ever published atlas of the bees, was | Nigel Jones and Ian Cheeseborough | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A Pictorial Guide to British Ephemeroptera | Ephemeroptera, also known as mayflies or up-wing flies, can be seen emerging from the water, resting on nearby vegetatio | Macadam & Bennett | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A Photo Key to Large Aquatic Bugs | Whilst identification to species of many of the smaller aquatic bugs can be complicated, those described here are fairly | Adrian Chalkley | Yes | View Edit | |
| A Photo Key to Great Diving Beetles | It is generally known that Great Diving Beetles are some of our largest freshwater insects and most naturalists | Adrian Chalkley | Yes | 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 |
| A Key to Wild and Introduced Daffodils of Great Britain | In addition to our native daffodil there are a large number of introduced daffodils growing wild in Britain. | Mick Crawley | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 Soil Mites of Britain and Ireland | This key should help you to identify families of mites found in soil and litter in the UK and Ireland, as well as introd | Matthew Shepherd and Felicity Crotty | No | View Edit | |
| A key to the major groups of terrestrial invertebrates | Second edition of this popular AIDGAP identification guide is designed to help non-specialists identify the larger (& | Tilling | 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 |
| A Key to the Land Snails of the Flatford area, Suffolk | THE Field Centre and its surroundings at Flatford Mill lie away from the East Anglian chalk, on quaternary drifts and al | ]. E. MORTON AND J. MACHIN | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| A Key To The Genera Of The British Seaweeds | This key is developed from one used on various courses at the Marine Biology Station, Menai Bridge and at Dale Fort Fiel | W. Eifion Jones | 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 |
| A key to the families of British Coleoptera (beetles) and Strepsiptera | This AIDGAP identification key will help non-specialists to identify all families of British beetles - of which there ar | Unwin | 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 |
| 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 |
| A key to the British species of family Buprestidae (Coleoptera) | The British species of Buprestidae are very few and are mostly restricted to the South East of Britain. | Mike | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| A key to the adults of British lacewings and their allies (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidiptera and Mecoptera) | This AIDGAP identification guide will help identity the adults of 73 species of lacewings and allied species (including | Plant | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A key to families of British bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera) | This AIDGAP identification guide should enable non-specialists to identify the adults of most British bugs (Hemiptera) t | Unwin | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A key to common lichens on trees in England | This key to common species of lichens on trees was prepared in collaboration between two partners of the Europe | Pier Luigi Nimis, Pat Wolseley & Stefano Martellos | Yes | View Edit | |
| A guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians found in the UK | Webpage designed to help identify a lizard, snake, toad, frog or newt seen in the UK, | RAUK | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| A guide to the identification of deciduous broad-leaved trees and shrubs in winter | This fully illustrated AIDGAP field guide is designed to enable non-specialists to identify many of the deciduous trees | May & Panter | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A Guide To The British Coastal Mysidacea | THE Mysidacea (or “Mysids”) are small, free-swimming Crustaceans, commonly known as Opossum Shrimps. | P. MAKINGS | Yes | Online, 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 |
| A guide to plant galls in Britain | Oak apples... robin's pin cushions on dog roses... red pimples on sycamore leaves... | Redfern & Shirley | 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 | View Edit |
