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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| PlantTracker | Identification of UK invasive non-native species. Also includes recording function to submit records of INNS. | EA, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, NatureLocator, CEH. | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 3. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their relatives (Coloptera: Dermestidiae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Main text | The family Dermestidae contains over 1000 species in about 50 genera and is represented in every zoogeographical region | E. R. Peacock | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES handbook Vol 4 Part 9. Coleoptera (Pselaphidae) | This is the first "booklet" ever published dealing exclusively with the British Pselaphidae. | E. J. Pearce | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 5. Diptera - Orthorrhapha Brachycera. Dolichopodidae | THE Dolichopodidae belong to the Brachycera section of the Orthorrhapha. | E. C. M. d'Assis Fonseca | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 4b. Diptera - Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata, Section (b) Muscidae | HENNIG (1955) divides the Calyptrata into three families and one superfamily, as follows: Cordyluridae, Muscidae, Anthom | E. C. M. d'Assis Fonseca | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 11 ed1. Coleoptera. Scarabaeoidea (lucanidae, Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) | THE superfamily Scarabaeoidea, also known as the Lamellicornia, includes some of the most striking beetles in the Britis | E. B. Britton | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 12. Coleoptera. Cerambycidae | THE family Cerambycidae, members of which are popularly known as "Longhorns," is of world-wide distribution an | E. A. J. Duffy | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 15. Coleoptera. Scolytidae and Platypodidae | "BARK beetles* are of major economic importance and world-wide distribution. | E. A. J. Duffy | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 |
| British Bugs | Online identification guide (photo based) to UK bugs, arranged by family. | Dr Joe Botting & Dr Tristan Bantock | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Seasearch Guide to Bryozoans and Hydroids of Britain and Ireland | Bryozoans and Hydroids are two groups of marine animals that are unrecognised by the majority of divers and frequently c | Dr Joanne Porter | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Churchyard lichens | This 8-panel laminated fold-out chart will help you identify over 50 of the commonest lichens found in lowland churchyar | 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 |
| 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 |
| Lichens of heaths and moors | This fold-out chart covers 62 of the species found on heaths and moors, organised into species that grow on the ground, | Dobson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Rocky shore lichens | This fold-out chart covers 62 common species of lichen found on rocky sea shores from the low tide mark up to the limit | Dobson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Tachinid Recording Scheme | A UK-based project to help promote the recording and study of tachinid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae). | Dipterists Forum | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Getting started with spider recording | This free FSC fold-out chart contrains some of the easily recognisible spiders that can be found in the UK. | Dillon, Holly | Yes | Publication | View Edit |
| Naamlijst en determinatiesleutel tot de pseudoschorpioenen van nederland (arachnida: pseudoscorpiones) | A dutch key to dutch Pseudoscorpions. It's in Dutch. | Dick van den Tooren | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe | This Country Life Guide to the Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe is an excellent resource - particularly for those | Dick Jones | No | Publication | 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 |
| Dandelions (Taraxacum) of Britain and Ireland | A Facebook group devoted to the identification of UK dandelions (Taraxacum), of the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. | David-Müzeyyen Merrick | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Shropshire Earwig Species | Photo gudie to identifying the three species of earwig found in Shropshire. | David W. Williams | Yes | View Edit | |
| Grasshoppers of Norfolk | A guide to identification of Orthoptera in Norfolk. Includes information on habitats, calls, distribution maps. | David Richmond | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Bumblebees of Norfolk | As an aid to identification, the Norfolk bumblebees are presented here as three sets of six: • six common species which | David Richmond | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Conopids | 'Conopids' is an open Facebook group for anyone interested in thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae). | David Clements | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| A guide to British Amphibians | The British isles is home to seven amphibian species. | David Bodenham | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Illustrated key to the families of British Springtails (Collembola) | This new AIDGAP guide, in the fold-out chart style, is an illustrated key to the families of Collembola in Britain. | Dallimore & Shaw | No | Publication | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 5. Cuckoo-Wasps. Hymenoptera, Chrysididae | Among the British aculeate Hymenoptera, the Chrysididae constitute a spectacularly coloured but little known group of pa | D. Morgan | 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 |
| RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 10. Coleoptera. Histeroidea | THE Superfamily Histeroidea includes three families, Sphaeritidae, Syntellidae and Histeridae. | D. G. H. Halstead | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 6. Plecoptera | RATHER weakly chitinized insects with two pairs of membranous wings often reduced in the male. | D. E. Kimmins | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 9. Ephemeroptera | NORMALLY two pairs of wings; anterior pair much larger than the posterior which in some genera are much reduced in size | D. E. Kimmins | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 |
| Guide to British freshwater fishes | This 8-panel laminated fold-out chart shows all the freshwater fish that you are likely to see in ponds, streams and riv | Croft & Roberts | 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 |
| Guide to foraging: top 25 edible plants | Foraging: what better way to enjoy the outdoors than to go and find your own food for free? | Cremona & Harper | 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 |
| A guide to hedgerows | Produced in partnership with OMSCo (The Organic Milk Co-operative), this fold-out chart provides an identification guide | Crane & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identifying the British species of Leptophlebiidae | There are three genera of Leptophlebiidae present in the British Isles: Habrophlebia; Leptophlebia; and Paraleptophlebia | Craig Macadam | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae (part 1) | Hydroids and their medusae are amongst the most exquisitely beautiful and intriguing of marine invertebrate groups. | Cornelius | No | Publication | View Edit |
| North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae (part 2) | Hydroids and their medusae are amongst the most exquisitely beautiful and intriguing of marine invertebrate groups. | Cornelius | 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 |
| Conchological Society Encyclopedia of Marine Molluscs | The Encyclopedia is an emerging on-line reference source for the species of mollusc found within Britain and Ireland whi | Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| New Flora of the British Isles | Description Since its first publication in 1991, New Flora of the British Isles has become established as | Clive Stace | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Cladocera key | Key to cladocera - in FRENCH - but very easy to use | Claude Amoros | 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 |
| Xeno-Canto | A citizen science project dedicated to sharing wildlife sounds. | Citizen Science | Yes | Online | View Edit |
