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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| British Bugs | Online identification guide (photo based) to UK bugs, arranged by family. | Dr Joe Botting & Dr Tristan Bantock | Yes | Online | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Plants common on sand dunes | Arranged by habitat with distance from high-tide level, this chart shows 43 common species of plants found in sand dunes | Edmondson & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Animal Photos | Website showing photos of animals, focusing on wildlife. | Elizabeth Barrett | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 5a. Coleoptera. Rhizophagidae | The family Rhizophagidae (Superfamily Cucujoidea) comprises four subfamilies (Crowson, 1955), two of which are represent | Enid R. Peacock | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 3. Coleoptera. Hydradephaga | This might be described as an abstract of British Water Beetles published by the Ray Society in 1940 and 1950 as most of | F. Balfour-Browne | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 9. Coleoptera | THE families herein dealt with are not in themselves a complete family series but form part of the Heteromera (Cucujoide | F. D. Buck | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 16. Siphonaptera | FLEAS are small (1-8 mm long), wingless insects with a holometabolous metamorphosis (egg-larva-pupa-adult); their bodies | F. G. A. M. Smit | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Various keys to robberflies | Collection and links to various keys to robberflies, including LUCID and conventional keys to the different tribes, fami | F. Geller-Grimm | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 4a i. Diptera - Cyclorrhapha. Calyptrata (1) Section (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae (Tachinidae) | THE Calyptrata (Calypterata, Calypterae), containing such groups as dung flies , cabbage flies, house flies, blue bottle | F. I. van Emden | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 4a ii. Diptera - Cyclorrhapha. Calyptrata (1) Section (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae (Calliphoridae) | Like the Tachinids the Calliphoridae have a well-developed ptilinal suture, only three antennal segments with a dorsal a | F. I. van Emden | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Playing field plants | Playing fields can be a great place for science investigations. | Farley & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Garden bugs and beasties | Head down your garden and peer amongst the flowers, grasses and plant pots, and you will find an amazing range of little | Farley Brown, Shields & Langman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to summer coastal birds | From cormorants to kittiwakes, and guillemots to gulls, this 8-panel laminated fold-out chart features 28 of the birds y | Farley-Brown & Langman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Seasons | From catkins in spring to redwings in winter, this new fold-out chart shows you the wildlife to look out for throughout | Farley-Brown & Norman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Land mammals of Britain | With new colour illustrations for 2012, this guide covers all the main land mammals found in Britain. | Farley-Brown & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Features of the Pennine Way | Produced in partnership with the Countryside Agency and Natural England, this unique fold-out chart is aimed at Pennine | Field Studies Council | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Checklist: Hymenoptera | RES Handbook vol 11 part 4. Checklist of the families, genera and species in the order Hymenoptera. | Fitton et al | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Seasearch Guide to Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland | British and Irish shallow seas contain an astonishing 7% of the world's seaweed species, around 700 different seawe | Francis Bunker, Juliet Brodie, Christine Maggs, Anne Bunker | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns | 240pp. 62 colour plates. Detailed descriptions, keys and clear illustrations of some 400 species. | Francis Rose | No | Publication | View Edit |
| The Wildflower Key | This wild flower identification guide was first published in 1981 and is still widely accepted as the best of its kind f | Francis Rose and Clare O'Reilly | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Frans Janssen's Flickr Gallery | Flickr Gallery showing photos and descriptions of many European springtails (Collembola) | Frans Janssen | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Photographic atlas and identification key to the robber flies of Germany | This photo atlas and ID guide for Asilidae – robber-flies - of Europe has more than 1,900 photographs of 82 robber-fly s | Fritz Geller-Grimm | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| FSC Identify | For FSC employees only. | FSC | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Common seashells | This is a new chart covering common seashells found around the shores of Britain and Ireland. | FSC & Shields | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to amphibians | This guide will help you to identify all the amphibians you are likely to find in UK ponds | FSC, Natural History Museum, ARC Trust & OPAL | Yes | View Edit | |
| RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 3d i. Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Diapriinae | In presenting this handbook on the subfamily Diapriinae I have now dealt with all the British species of Diapriidae. | G. E. J. Nixon | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 3d ii. Hymenoptera. Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Belytinae | THE Diapriidae, as interpreted by Kieffer in Das Tierreich, Diapriidae (1916), are divided into two subfamilies, the Dia | G. E. J. Nixon | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 7 Roses of Great Britain and Ireland | Descriptions of 13 native and 9 introduces taxa of Rosa. Briefer descriptions of 76 hybrids. | G.G. Graham and A.L. Primavesi | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Grasses | Covering 30 species, this fold-out chart should enable everyone to put a name to some of the most common species of gras | Gardener & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identification key to the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) | This key to ichneumonid subfamilies should be regarded as a test version and feedback will be much appreciated (emails t | Gavin Broad | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Polychaetes: British Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida | Polychaetes are one of the most widespread, abundant and diverse elements of the British - and indeed the world - marine | George & Hartmann-Schröder | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles (2-Volume Set) | Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles provides a comprehensive and authoritative account of the current state of kno | George R Else and Mike Edwards | No | Publication | View Edit |
