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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Harvestmen of Britain & Ireland | There are some 30 different species of harvestmen (Opiliones) in the UK. | Richards, P & Burkmar, R. | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 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 9 Part 2 ii. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Trichoceridae - Culicidae) | THis is a small family represented in Europe by two genera, Trichocera (winter gnats) and Diazosma. | R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 2 i. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Tipulidae) | FLIES of the family TIPULIDAE may be recognized by their slender bodies and long, slender legs, the latter characteristi | R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 2c. Diptera. Pipunculidae | FLIES of the family Pipunculidae may be recognized by their strikingly large eyes, semiglobular or nearly globular and e | R. L. Coe | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 1. Diptera. Syrphidae. | FLIES of the family SYRPHIDAE are commonly known as " Hover-flies" and "Flower-flies," the former po | R. L. Coe | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 8. Diptera - Phoridae Genus Megaselia (Scuttle Flies) | This Handbook constitutes the second part of a two-part introduction to the British scuttle flies. | R. H. L. Disney | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 7. Coleoptera - Coccinellidae & Sphindidae | THE World fauna of Coccinellidae includes over 3000 known species, of which only 42 occur in the British Isles. | R. D. Pope | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 1a. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls) | Hymenoptera, the British species, as listed in Kloet and Hincks (1945), numbering just over two hundred. | R. D. Eady and J. Quinlan | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2c. Hymenoptera - Symphyta | OF the three tribes in this subfamily only the Cladiini and Nematini occur in Britain; the Pristolini are, so far as is | R. B. Benson | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2b. Hymenoptera - Symphyta | Tenthredinidae is the predominant sawfly family in almost all parts of the world except Australia, where it is mainly re | R. B. Benson | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2a. Hymenoptera - Symphyta | OF the two Suborders of the Hymenoptera the Symphyta are much the smaller and are dealt with here in only four parts. | R. B. Benson | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
A Field Key To The Slugs Of The British Isles Mollusca: Pulmonata | (Note that this key is now superceded by the 2014 FSC key to slugs.) Keys, notes and illustrations are provided to assis | R. A. D. CAMERON | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 1. Coleoptera, Introduction and keys to families | THE Coleoptera of the British Islands have been treated in a series of comprehensive works, the most important of which | R. A. Crowson | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
BSBI Handbook No 4 Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland | Useful identification guide to native Salix and Populus species, hybrids and varieties in Britain - 65 described. | R .D. Meikle | No | Publication | View Edit |
BSBI Flora Search | Online multi-access key for the identification of British flora. | Quentin Groom | 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 |
Guide to the British Stonefly (Plecoptera) families: adults and larvae | This introductory AIDGAP field guide to stoneflies includes identification keys for the identification of both stonefly | Pryce, Macadam & Brooks | No | Publication | View Edit |
Identikit Mosses | Multi access key to UK and Irish Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit | Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Identikit Sphagnum Mosses (Mobile Version) | Multi access key to UK and Irish Sphagnum Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit | Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee | Yes | Online | View Edit |
Winter trees: a photographic guide to common trees and shrubs | Identifying trees in winter without their familiar leaves can apear a daunting challenge, but a closer look will reveal | Price & Bersweden | No | Publication | View Edit |
Les myxomycètes | Information on 853 taxa of myxomycetes (530 of them illustrated by colour photographs) in two complementary volumes, one | Poulain, Michel, Marianne Meyer et Jean Bozonnet | No | Publication | View Edit |
Free-living marine nematodes (Part 2: British chromadorids) | The chromadorids are small nematode worms mostly less than 2mm long and so form part of the meiofauna in marine habitats | Platt & Warwick | No | Publication | View Edit |
July Wildflowers Spotter's Sheet | Guide to the commonest wildflowers seen in July. | Plantlife | Yes | View Edit | |
October Fungi Spotter’s Sheet | Photo guide to the most common autumnal fungi. | Plantlife | Yes | View Edit | |
June Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
May Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in May | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
April Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in April. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
What to look out for in July | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in July. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Plant & fungi species | A to Z of plant and fungi species, with photos, brief description, distribution, habitat, facts and conservation status. | Plantlife | Yes | Online | View Edit |
What’s in bloom in June? | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June (alternate version). | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Wild Plants of the Woods | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in woodland. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Seaside wildflowers | Photo guide to the most commonly seen seaside wildflowers. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Lawn wildflowers | Say no to the mow! Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in our garden lawns. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
March Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in March. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Wildflowers to look for in September | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in September. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
Wildflowers to look for in August | Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in August. | Plantlife | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
A key to the adults of British lacewings and their allies (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidiptera and Mecoptera) | This AIDGAP identification guide will help identity the adults of 73 species of lacewings and allied species (including | Plant | No | Publication | View Edit |