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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| Know your thrushes - Song and Mistle | Song and Mistle Thrush are two garden species that are readily confused; both are grey brown in appearance; both have a | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Know your Chats | This identification video looks at Whinchat, Stonechat and Wheatear. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys to the British genera and species of Anthicidae (flower beetles) | The Anthicidae are a family of beetles that resemble ants. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys to families of British spiders | This AIDGAP identification guide includes the 34 families of spiders known to occur in Britain (at the time it was writt | Jones-Walters | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Keys to adults of the water beetles of Britain and Ireland (Part 2) | RES Handbook vol 4 Part 5b. | Foster, Bilton & Friday | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Staphylinidae | This is the largest family of beetles in the UK and includes over 1000 species. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Scarabaeidae | This family includes the dung beetles and flower chafers. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Ptiliidae | Tiny beetles of variable shape. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Nitidulidae (the pollen beetles) | Subfamilies Carpophilinae (3 genera, 31 species) Meligethinae (2 genera, 37 species) Nitidulinae (7 gener | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Hydrophilidae | This is a family well-represented in the British fauna with 18 genera and 70 species. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Helophoridae | The members of this family occurring in Britain all belong to genus Helophorus and most occur in water. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Elateridae | This family contains a number of species which are quite similar to one another. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Curculionidae | A large family in the British fauna, well covered by Handbooks to the Identification of British Insects by Morris. Th | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Cryptophagidae | This is a family with a good representation in the British fauna. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Chrysomelidae | Keys to genera and species of British leaf beetles | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Carabidae | The ground beetles are well represented in the British fauna with 362 species from 87 genera in the 2012 list edited by | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Cantharidae | Keys to the British genera and species of Cantharidae (soldier beetles) | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Apionidae | This family was covered by Morris (1990) in Orthocerous Weevils: Coleoptera Curculionoidea (Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, U | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Apionidae | This family was covered by Morris (1990) in Orthocerous Weevils: Coleoptera Curculionoidea. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the identification of British centipedes | This AIDGAP identification guide should enable non-specialists to identity the 57 species of centipede found on the isla | Barber | 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 |
| 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 British species of Phalacridae | Fifteen species have been recorded from Britain. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the British Species of Nicrophorus | Key to the British Species of Nicrophorus - also known as burying beetles or sexton beetles. | Mike Hackston | Yes | View Edit | |
| Key to the British species of genus Protapion | This is a widespread and generally common or abundant species throughout the Palaearctic region north to Scandinavia and | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the British species of genus Perapion | Perapion is a genus of pear-shaped weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the British species of family Eucnemidae | Seven species of this family occur in Britain in six different genera. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the British Species of Aderidae | Key to the family Aderidae family of British Coleoptera | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Key to the British species of Aderidae | The larvae of this family feed on rotting wood and the adults are found in similar habitats. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the British Potter and Mason Wasps | Taken from 'The British Potter and Mason Wasps - a Handbook', a detailed handbook, providing keys, distributio | Archer, M.A. | Yes | 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 |
| Key to common ferns | This 8-panel laminated fold-out chart features colour images of the commonest 38 of the 53 species of ferns and allied p | Merryweather | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Key to adults of the water beetles of Britain and Ireland (Part 1) | RES handbook vol 4 part 5 (2nd edition). | Foster & Friday | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of the British Coccinellidae | Some of the species of ladybirds are very common in Britain and easily recognised. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Trogossitidae | This family contains five British species, each from different genera. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Trogidae | Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Throscidae | There are five species of this family on the British list, Aulonothroscus brevicollis and four species of Trixagus. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Tetratomidae | There are four members of this family on the British list, and they are quite easily separated from one another. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Tenebrionidae | In the current checklist there are 47 species on the British list. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Sphindidae | A small family with only two species in Britain, Sphindus dubius and Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, two species of completel | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British species of Erirhinidae | The species of this family are weevils and were formerly treated as a subfamily of Curculionidae. | No | View Edit | ||
| Key for the identification of British Silvanidae | A family with 13 established British species from 10 genera. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Silphidae | A key to the British genera and species of family Silphidae is available below. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Scraptiidae | This is a small family in the British fauna. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Scirtidae | In Britain we have one species each from genera Odeles, Microcara, Prionocyphon and Hydrocyphon, two species of Scirtes, | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Salpingidae | The species of this family may be found under bark or in the small branches of trees and hedgerow shrubs. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Rhynchitidae | This is a small family of very similar looking weevils which feed on a number of plants, sometimes at pest levels. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Pyrochroidae | There are only three species in this family on the British list and they are keyed in the document below. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Ptinidae | The species in this family have been previously placed in two families Anobiidae and Ptinidae but are now combined. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Orsodacnidae | A small family of just two British species related to the Chrysomelidae, keyed in the document below. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
