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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| BTO Bird ID - Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser | Identifying the two large sawbills, Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser, can be pretty straight-forward when confronted | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Goshawk and Sparrowhawk | All birders, whatever their skill level and experience, will struggle on occasion with separating Sparrowhawk and Goshaw | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Skuas | Identifying skuas passing offshore in late summer is one of the great challenges of bird ID. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Great & Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers | Are you unsure of the identity of a black and white woodpecker coming to your garden feeder? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Little Egret and Great White Egret | 25 years ago the sighting of any White Heron in the UK would have been greeted with excitement. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Wood and Green Sandpipers | In this BTO identification film we look at the tricky pairing of Wood and Green Sandpipers. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Green finches in your garden | Not all green finches are Greenfinches! | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Common shanks | Redshank are common, familiar (and very noisy) waders found, year-round, on our coastal habitats as well as inland durin | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Hirundines and Swift | With their swept back wings and aerial lifestyle hirundines (Swallow, Sand and House Martins) and the similar, but unrel | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Common sparrows & Reed Bunting | Sparrows are not just sparrows - are they House Sparrows or Tree Sparrows? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Getting to grips with warblers: Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat | In the fourth of our series of videos aimed at helping with the tricky task of identifying warblers, we take a look at W | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Kittiwake and Other Small Gulls | Young Kittiwakes have a distinctive wing pattern, but several sought-after rarer species have similar markings - how can | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Sorting Short-eared and Long-eared Owls | As difficult species go, the Long and Short-eared Owl pairing are amongst the most challenging to identify, especially i | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Telling apart Marsh and Willow Tits | Of the more common species in the UK, Marsh and Willow Tit probably present one of the more difficult ID challenges. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit & Skylark | A small brown streaky bird launches into the air in front of you, singing its heart out, but is it a Meadow Pipit, Tree | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Water Pipit and Rock Pipit | This Bird ID focuses on separating the UK-resident Rock Pipit from the relatively rare Water Pipit, and both from the ub | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Kestrel and Merlin | This film looks at two often confused falcons, the Kestrel and Merlin, and discusses the key features for separating the | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| 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 |
| Taking a look at terns: Roseate, Sandwich and Little Tern | This video rounds up the identification of other Terns - Roseate, Sandwich and Little Tern. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Getting to grips with warblers: Reed Warbler Vs Sedge Warbler | In this film, part of a series aimed at helping with the tricky task of identifying warblers, we take a look at Reed and | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Know your Chats | This identification video looks at Whinchat, Stonechat and Wheatear. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Adult black-backed gulls | On paper Lesser and Great Black-backed Gulls are straightforward to separate but, in reality, many of us struggle - espe | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Common and Jack Snipe | A stocky brown bird rockets up from just in front of your feet, but is it a Common Snipe, or its rarer relative Jack Sni | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Small Breeding Grebes | Small grebes in summer are gloriously-coloured birds, but two of the three species are unfamiliar to most. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Wild Swans | Every winter thousands of Whooper Swans from Iceland and Bewick’s Swans from Arctic Russia migrate into UK and Ireland t | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Cattle Egret | A white heron in the UK is likely to be a Little or Great White Egret. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Cormorant and Shag | A black, reptilian-looking bird swims by low to the water - but is it a Cormorant or a Shag? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - cuckoo | Cuckoos are well-known birds, but their distinctive and eagerly awaited song can be confused with several other species. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID video - ringed plovers | A handsome little wader, with dapper plumage, runs along in front of you, pausing to daintily pick up morsels of food as | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID video - yellow coloured wagtails | When is a yellow wagtail not a Yellow Wagtail? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID videos - dabbling ducks | Ducks are usually easy to identify, but the females can be more challenging. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID video - godwits | Godwits are large, elegant waders and relatively common in the right habitats at certain times of year. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID video - peregrines | A truly iconic species, tales of Peregrine stoop speeds and its claim to be the fastest bird on Earth are familiar, but | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - diving ducks | Dabbling ducks are so familiar, but there is also a group of common ducks that actively dive on freshwater for food. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - petrels | Petrels are seldom-seen, unfamiliar birds to many of us, but both species Storm Petrel and Leach's Petrel are actua | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID video - Identifying Linnet and Twite | Linnets are familiar birds, but their scarcer cousins Twite are always a good find. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Identify a Euphrasia | An online multi-access key to Eyebrights. | BSBI | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Marsh horsetail - ID video | A guide to the diagnostic features of Equisetum palustre (Marsh Horsetail) to aid in the identification of the species. | BSBI | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| The myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland: an identification handbook | Out of print but second-hand copies may be available at a price. | Bruce Ing | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Ladybird larvae | Ladybird larvae are often found, but not well known, as they look so different from adult ladybirds. | Brown et al. | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Dragonflies and damselflies of Britain | Sometimes called the 'birdwatcher's insect', dragonflies and damselflies are large and charismatic insect | Brooks & Askew | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Bird identification videos | Short videos from BTO. | British Trust for Ornithology | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Checklist of recorded UK Millipede species | Written checklist with majority of species linked to a picture. Nomenclature follows Lee, P. (2006). | British Myriapod and Isopod Group (BMIG) | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| iRecord Dragonflies | The iRecord Dragonfly app helps you to identify the dragonflies and damselflies that you find and lets you record your s | British Dragonfly Society, CEH/BRC and others | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 1b. Coleoptera. Buprestidae | The family Buprestidae is a large one, containing over 15,000 described species. | Brian Levey | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Atlas of the Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Britain and Ireland | Fleas (Siphonaptera) are wingless insects that are usually found in the nests, or on the bodies, of a wide range of mamm | Bob George | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Meres and Mosses | This new 12 panel fold-out chart showcases the wildlife of the Meres and Mosses landscape of Shropshire, Cheshire and St | Boardman & Daniels | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Features of the Shropshire Hills | Designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Shropshire Hills extend from the Wrekin to the Clun Forest, and fr | Boardman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Aphids - Aphidinae (Macrosiphini) | RES Handbook vol 2 part 7. | Blackman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identification guide for selected marine non-native species | A guide to 36 non-native seaweeds and marine animals produced by the MBA with funding from the Interreg IVA ‘3C’ capital | Bishop, J. | Yes | View Edit |
