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.

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Title Description Author(s)sort descending Free Availability
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
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
The TEP files A series of PDFs tackling grasses. Peter Gateley Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles A comprehensive photographic guide to the coastal fish of the British Isles. Peter Henderson (author), Robin Somes (Editor) No Publication View Edit
How to identify Autumn seeds Beautiful illustrations of 12 distinctive seeds to look for during Autumn. Peter Marren, Felicity Rose Cole Yes Online View Edit
Collembola Taxonomy Summary information about the distribution and ecology of Collembola (springtails) in the UK and Ireland. The page list Peter Shaw/Steve Hopkin Yes Online View Edit
Insects of the British Cow-dung Community This book is intended to provide students possessing little or no entomological training with the basic taxonomic abilit Peter Skidmore Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Scottish Lichens A wealth of info on a range of lichen species, including a species gallery and blog Petra Vergunst Yes Online View Edit
Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain & Ireland One of the most eagerly anticiptated insect guides for years . . Phil Sterling and Mark Parsons, illustrated by Richard Lewington No Publication 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
Interactive guide to common woody plants of the UK The key provided here identifies the trees, shrubs and woody climbers found in the wild in the UK, whether native or int Pier Luigi Nimis, Bob Press, Stefano Martellos & Andrea Moro Yes Online 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 PDF View Edit
Online 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 European projec Pier Luigi Nimis, Pat Wolseley & Stefano Martellos Yes Online View Edit
Les araignées de Belgique et de France (Spiders of Belgium and France) An excellent photographic resource - particularly for quality photographs of genitalia. Pierre Oger Yes Online 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
October Fungi Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most common autumnal fungi. Plantlife Yes PDF View Edit
June Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
May Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in May Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
April Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in April. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
March Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in March. 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
Wildflowers to look for in August Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in August. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Wildflowers to look for in September Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in September. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Lawn wildflowers Say no to the mow! Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in our garden lawns. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Seaside wildflowers Photo guide to the most commonly seen seaside wildflowers. 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
What’s in bloom in June? Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June (alternate version). Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Plant & fungi species A to Z of plant and fungi species, with photos, brief description, distribution, habitat, facts and conservation status. Plantlife Yes Online View Edit
July Wildflowers Spotter's Sheet Guide to the commonest wildflowers seen in July. Plantlife Yes PDF View Edit
Free-living marine nematodes (Part 2: British chromadorids) The chromadorids are small nematode worms mostly less than 2mm long and so form part of the meiofauna in marine habitats Platt & Warwick No Publication View Edit
Les myxomycètes Information on 853 taxa of myxomycetes (530 of them illustrated by colour photographs) in two complementary volumes, one Poulain, Michel, Marianne Meyer et Jean Bozonnet No Publication 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
Identikit Sphagnum Mosses (Mobile Version) Multi access key to UK and Irish Sphagnum Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee Yes Online View Edit
Identikit Mosses Multi access key to UK and Irish Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee Yes Online View Edit
Guide to the British Stonefly (Plecoptera) families: adults and larvae This introductory AIDGAP field guide to stoneflies includes identification keys for the identification of both stonefly Pryce, Macadam & Brooks No Publication View Edit
BSBI Flora Search Online multi-access key for the identification of British flora. Quentin Groom Yes Online View Edit
Botanical Keys - Find Wild Flowers The Botanical Society for Britian and Ireland (BSBI) hosts this on line plant key produced by one of their members. The Quentin Groom Yes Online View Edit
BSBI Handbook No 4 Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland Useful identification guide to native Salix and Populus species, hybrids and varieties in Britain - 65 described. R .D. Meikle No Publication View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 1. Coleoptera, Introduction and keys to families THE Coleoptera of the British Islands have been treated in a series of comprehensive works, the most important of which R. A. Crowson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
A Field Key To The Slugs Of The British Isles Mollusca: Pulmonata (Note that this key is now superceded by the 2014 FSC key to slugs.) Keys, notes and illustrations are provided to assis R. A. D. CAMERON Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2a. Hymenoptera - Symphyta OF the two Suborders of the Hymenoptera the Symphyta are much the smaller and are dealt with here in only four parts. R. B. Benson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2b. Hymenoptera - Symphyta Tenthredinidae is the predominant sawfly family in almost all parts of the world except Australia, where it is mainly re R. B. Benson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2c. Hymenoptera - Symphyta OF the three tribes in this subfamily only the Cladiini and Nematini occur in Britain; the Pristolini are, so far as is R. B. Benson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 1a. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls) Hymenoptera, the British species, as listed in Kloet and Hincks (1945), numbering just over two hundred. R. D. Eady and J. Quinlan Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 7. Coleoptera - Coccinellidae & Sphindidae THE World fauna of Coccinellidae includes over 3000 known species, of which only 42 occur in the British Isles. R. D. Pope Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 8. Diptera - Phoridae Genus Megaselia (Scuttle Flies) This Handbook constitutes the second part of a two-part introduction to the British scuttle flies. R. H. L. Disney Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 1. Diptera. Syrphidae. FLIES of the family SYRPHIDAE are commonly known as " Hover-flies" and "Flower-flies," the former po R. L. Coe Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 2c. Diptera. Pipunculidae FLIES of the family Pipunculidae may be recognized by their strikingly large eyes, semiglobular or nearly globular and e R. L. Coe Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 2 i. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Tipulidae) FLIES of the family TIPULIDAE may be recognized by their slender bodies and long, slender legs, the latter characteristi R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 2 ii. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Trichoceridae - Culicidae) THis is a small family represented in Europe by two genera, Trichocera (winter gnats) and Diazosma. R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Yes Online, PDF View Edit

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