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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| RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 2 iii. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Chironomidae) | FLIES of the family CHIRONOMIDAE may be distinguished from other Nematocerous families of Diptera by the following combi | R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 2c. Coleoptera - Heteroceridae | THE family Heteroceridae is represented in Britain by a single genus, Heterocerus Fabricius, containing eight species. | R. O. S. Clarke | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 2b. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (b) | Trus handbook covers the small family Elasmidae and introduces the very large family Eulophidae. | R. R. Askew | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 5b. Coleoptera. Phalacridae | THE family Phalacridae comprises a considerable number of genera and species and is represented in almost all parts of t | R. T. Thompson | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| A guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians found in the UK | Webpage designed to help identify a lizard, snake, toad, frog or newt seen in the UK, | RAUK | Yes | Online | 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 |
| A guide to plant galls in Britain | Oak apples... robin's pin cushions on dog roses... red pimples on sycamore leaves... | Redfern & Shirley | No | Publication | View Edit |
| UK Linyphiidae Identikit | The knowledge-base for this visualisation is adapted from a spreadsheet created by Nigel Cane-Honeysett which, it turn, | Rich Burkmar | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Quick ant guide | Quick ID Guide to ants designed to be used on a beginners ant course but also available as a download as well. | Richard Becker | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (2nd edition) | This handy pocket-sized book has become the essential guide to identifying the butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. | Richard Lewington | 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 |
| Harvestmen | This 12-panel laminated fold-out chart covers the adults of the harvestmen found in the field in the British Isles. | Richards | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Harvestmen of Britain & Ireland | There are some 30 different species of harvestmen (Opiliones) in the UK. | Richards, P & Burkmar, R. | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Reptiles and amphibians of Britain and Ireland | This 8-page laminated fold-out chart includes 13 species of non-marine reptile and amphibian which breed in Britain, and | Roberts, Froglife & Ovenden | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Rogers Mushrooms | Rogers Mushrooms was the perfect reference tool to learn about and identify fungi, including mushrooms, truffles, puffba | Roger Phillips | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Slugs of Britain and Ireland | Full-colour AIDGAP guide gives a fully comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the slug fauna of Britain and Ireland. | Rowson, Turner, Anderson & Symondson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland | This atlas describes the distribution of ladybirds in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, using d | Roy, Brown, Frost & Poland | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Bird identifier | Simple online key to UK birds. | RSPB | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Farmland Bird ID Guide | Produced in collaboration with the RSPB this free colour ID guide contains images and descriptions of: Grey partridge, R | RSPB, GWCT | Yes | View Edit | |
| Oxfordshire grasses | This ID resource was created by Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick from the Oxfordshire Flora Group using the FSC Identiki | Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Oxfordshire sedges | This ID resource was created by Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick from the Oxfordshire Flora Group using the FSC Identiki | Ruth Ripley and Camilla Lambrick | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Guide to the night sky | This laminated fold-out chart will tell you how to find your way about the night sky, and how to identify some of the pl | Scagell & Penston | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Athecate hydroids and their medusae | Suiable for amateur and professsional naturalists, this new Synopsis provides a concise account of the morphology, habit | Schuchert | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Seasearch Identifications Facebook Group | A group for Seasearch Observers and Surveyors and others involved in identifying and recording marine plants and animals | Seasearch | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key to the Earthworms of the UK & Ireland (1st Edition) | Illustrated in colour throughout, this groundbreaking new AIDGAP guide should enable users to identify all 27 species of | Sherlock | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Key to the Earthworms of the UK and Ireland (2nd Edition) | This AIDGAP identification guide covers all the species of earthworms found living freely in the UK and Ireland. | Sherlock | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Earthworm Identikit | This resource is a web-based multi-access key for the 27 species of UK earthworms. | Sherlock, Burkmar, Bell | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Pdf key to British Silphidae | There are only 21 species recorded from the UK and most of these are reasonably large in size, making identification a l | Silphidae recording Scheme | Yes | View Edit | |
| Guide to the UK cetaceans and seals | Many large sea mammals, including whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals, can be seen around the UK's coast. | Simmonds & Molleson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Rocky shore name trail | 8-panel laminated fold-out chart will help you to identify some of the seashore animals, lichens and seaweeds that you a | Simms, Cremona & Ward | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Earthworms Synopsis | Since 1985, this Synopsis has been the standard work in English, providing the only generally-available means for correc | Sims & Gerard | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Ants | This paperback published by Pelagic Publishing is a reprint edition of the original, now out-of-print, paperback by Rich | Skinner, Gary J | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Wild bees of Scotland - Identification Guide | This guide uses a combination of size, colour pattern and biological information to provide an identification key of 14 | SNH | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Badhamia slime moulds | This beta phase identification resource was created by Sophie Trice for the NHM Identification Trainers for the Future P | Sophie Trice | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Features of the South Downs Way | The South Downs National Park was designated in March 2010. | South Downs National Park & FSC | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Barnacles | Barnacles are familiar objects to mariners and seaside tourists. | Southwood | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Echinoderms | The most complete coverage of the British echinoderm fauna published since 1927! | Southwood & Campbell | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identikit Beetle Families | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering 102 beetle families known to occur in Britain and Ireland. | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Identikit Plant Families | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering 14 plant families which, between them, contain approx 67% o | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Quizlet Waders of Britain and Ireland | An on-line, digital flash card learning resource covering 28 wader species known to occur in Britain and Ireland on a re | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Identikit Macrofungi Genera (Gills) | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering over 200 gilled macrofungi genera known to occur in Britain | Stephen Docker and Geoffrey Kibby | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Identikit Waders of Britain and Ireland | A multi-access digital identification key covering 28 wader species known to occur in Britain and Ireland on a regular b | Stephen Docker and Keith Offord | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| WildID Waders of Britain and Ireland | A 12 page laminated fold out guide covering the identification of 28 wader species known to occur in Britain and Ireland | Stephen Docker and Keith Offord | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Field Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland (2014 edition) | All Great Britain and Ireland's resident and migrant dragonfly and damselfly species fully described and illustrate | Steve Brooks & Steve Cham, illustrated by Richard Lewington | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Field Guide to the Larvae and Exuviae of British Dragonflies: Damselflies (Zgypotera) and Dragonflies (Anisoptera) | This publication combines the original volume 1 on dragonflies and volume 2 on damselflies, now both out of print. Th | Steve Cham | 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 |
| Steven Falk's Flickr Collection for Molluscs | A collection of photographs for UK molluscs. | Steven Falk | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Steven Falk's Flickr Collections for Coleoptera | A collection of photographs for UK beetles. | Steven Falk | Yes | Online | View Edit |
