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].
Displaying 651 - 700 of 764.Title | Description | Author(s) | Free | Availability | |
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BSBI Handbook No 15 British Northern Hawkweeds | ISBN: 978090115845 There are 21 species in British Northern Hawkweeds (Hieracium section Alpestria), 16 of which occur | Tim C. G. Rich & Walter Scott | No | Publication | View Edit |
BSBI Handbook No 14 Whitebeams, Rowans and Service Trees of Britain and Ireland | **This book is now out of print.** ISBN: 9780901158437 This book contains an account of 52 native or naturalised S | Rich, Houston, Robertson and Proctor | No | Publication | View Edit |
BSBI Handbook No 13 Grasses of the British Isles | ISBN 978‐0‐901158‐420 This new Handbook attempts to bridge the gap between the taxonomy of the 1980s and the new molec | Tom Cope & Alan Gray | 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 |
BSBI Handbook No 11 Water Starworts: Callitriche of Europe | ISBN: 9780901158369 Provides guidance on the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties of water-starwort | Lansdown, R. V. | No | Publication | View Edit |
BSBI Handbook No 10 Sea Beans and Nickar Nuts | A handbook of exotic seeds and fruits stranded on beaches in north-western Europe.154pp, drawings by W WALSH, A Hathway | E Charles Nelson | No | Publication | View Edit |
BSBI Handbook No 1 Sedges of the British Isles | ISBN-13: 978-0901158352 The 3rd edition of this handbook has been considerably expanded in size, with the scope of the | Jermy, AC. Simpson, DA. Foley, MJY. Porter, MS | No | Publication | View Edit |
BSBI Flora Search | Online multi-access key for the identification of British flora. | Quentin Groom | Yes | Online | View Edit |
British water plants | This AIDGAP field guide to British water plants is a comprehensive guide to the identification of living specimens in th | Haslam, Sinker & Wolseley | No | Publication | View Edit |
British Spiders, Vols I - III | The first 2 volumes of Locket & Millidge's work were completed in 1951 and 53, and remain classic texts on the | Locket, Millidge & Merrett | No | PDF, Publication | View Edit |
British Spider identification | Facebook group dedicated to identifying British spiders. | Jenni Cox | Yes | Online | View Edit |
British Scraptiidae | RES Handbook vol 5 part 18. | Levey | No | Publication | View Edit |
British Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta): a key to adults of the genera occurring in Britain | This AIDGAP field guide to sawflies provides identification keys to the adults of the 109 genera of sawflies occurring i | Wright | No | Publication | View Edit |
British plant galls (2nd edition) | This AIDGAP identification guide contains around 300 keys to galls on plants in Britain, arranged alphabetically by genu | Redfern & Shirley | No | Publication | View Edit |
British Marine Mollusca Facebook Group | For discussion, sharing of information and people who are rather obsessed with British Marine Mollusca.  | Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland | Yes | Online | View Edit |
British Lonchaeidae | RES Handbook vol 10 Part 15. | MacGowan & Rotheray | No | Publication | View Edit |
British Lichens Species Gallery | Website designed to help with lichen identification by providing good photos of lichens that are found in the British Is | Mike Sutcliffe | Yes | Online | View Edit |
British leafminers | From the homepage: "This site is the result of an on-going project, set up to photograph and record all the leaf mi | leafmines.co.uk | Yes | Online | View Edit |
British Hoverflies | Illustrated identification keys, species account, including, description, habitat, distribution, flight period. | Alan Stubbs and Steven Falk | No | Publication | View Edit |
British grasshoppers and allied insects | 8-panel fold-out chart covers the adults of the grasshoppers, crickets, bush crickets, ground hoppers, cockroaches, earw | Marshall & Ovenden | No | Publication | View Edit |
British Froghoppers IdentiKit | This visualisation and multi-access key was built on a knowledge-base for British froghoppers. | Howells, Nia | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
British freshwater fishes and lampreys | The AIDGAP field guide contains keys to the freshwater fishes and lampreys found in the British Isles. | Wheeler | No | Publication | View Edit |
British Earthworms and How To Identify Them | Useful for historic context only (published in 1923). Taxonomy very out of date. Out of print. | Friend, Hilderic | No | Publication | 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 |
British bumblebee identification guide | Online identification guide to UK bumblebees using simple key based on colour. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
British Bugs | Online identification guide (photo based) to UK bugs, arranged by family. | Dr Joe Botting & Dr Tristan Bantock | Yes | Online | View Edit |
British birds of prey | Produced in conjunction with the Hawk and Owl Trust, this chart will help you to identify birds of prey in flight in the | Hawk and Owl Trust | No | Publication | View Edit |
Britain's Orchids: A Field Guide to the Orchids of Great Britain and Ireland WILDGuide | ISBN: 9780691177618 Published: 2020 Covering more than fifty species as well as hybrids and variants, this is an en | No | Publication | View Edit | |
Britain's Insects: A field guide to the insects of Great Britain and Ireland WILDGuide | ISBN: 9780691179278 Published: 23/03/2021 Britain’s Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and be | Paul D. Brock | No | Publication | View Edit |
Britain's Hoverflies WILDGuide | ISBN: 9780691156590 Out of print Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to | Stuart Ball and Roger Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
Bristol University Tick ID | This site includes online dichotomous keys for ticks of the family Ixodidae (hard ticks). | Richard Wall, University of Bristol | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Bristletail.net | An online resource for the bristletails, (Archeognatha, Zygentoma and Diplura), interesting and often overlooked inverte | Yes | Online | View Edit | |
Brambles (Rubus) of Britain and Ireland | Facebook group devoted to the identification and study of UK brambles | David-Müzeyyen Merrick | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Botanical keys and how to use them - Facebook group | A closed group (anyone can request to join). | Kevin Widdowson | 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 |
Bostrichidae Key to British Species | Bostrichidae Key to British Species by Mike Hackston, derived from the German key by Arved Lompe. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Bird identifier | Simple online key to UK birds. | RSPB | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Bird identification videos | Short videos from BTO. | British Trust for Ornithology | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Bird ID - Easy Bird Identification | Comprehensive online guide to UK birds, extensive database of information on birds and enables you to quickly identify b | birdid.co.uk | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Biology And Identification Of Intertidal Polyzoa | THE Polyzoa are sedentary aquatic animals which form colonies by budding. | J. S. RYLAND | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Beginner’s guide to identifying British ichneumonids | Ichneumonids, species of the family Ichneumonidae, are difficult to identify because so many look similar. | Nicola Prehn and Chris Raper | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Beginners guide to identifying British mammal bones | This beginner’s guide focusses on the twelve most prevalent wild and domestic mammals in the UK. | Nicola Prehn, Florin Feneru and John Rochester | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Beetles attracted to Moth traps | A free online guide, showing UK beetle species commonly attracted to light traps. | Dan Asaw | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Beetle News | A collection of newsletters available as PDFs most of which include an identification article for a group of beetles. | Amateur Entomologists' Society | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Beetle fauna of Germany | An amazingly rich website containing superb photos of a huge range of beetle species. | Benisch, C. | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Bee orchids and their relatives | Guide to UK bee orchids. | OPAL | Yes | Online, PDF, Publication | View Edit |
BBS Field Guide online pages | Individual online PDFs for each page in 'Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland a field guide'. | Atherton, Bosanquet , & Lawley | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Bats of Britain, Europe & Northwest Africa | ISPN: 9781408105313 Comprehensive book covering all species of bat in the UK (and even the rest of Europe and North Afr | Christian Dietz, Otto von Helverson & Dietmar Nill | No | Publication | View Edit |
Bats in flight | Telling the different bat species apart by sight can be difficult, but this guide outlines key details to look | Natural History Museum | No | View Edit | |
Bat Droppings Guide | A guide to the droppings of British bats, including photos and diagrams illustrating the shape and size differences betw | Acer Ecology | Yes | Online | View Edit |