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].
Displaying 501 - 550 of 764.| Title | Description |
Author(s) |
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| Key for the identification of British Silvanidae | A family with 13 established British species from 10 genera. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Sphindidae | A small family with only two species in Britain, Sphindus dubius and Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, two species of completel | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Keys for the identification of British Staphylinidae | This is the largest family of beetles in the UK and includes over 1000 species. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Tenebrionidae | In the current checklist there are 47 species on the British list. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Tetratomidae | There are four members of this family on the British list, and they are quite easily separated from one another. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Throscidae | There are five species of this family on the British list, Aulonothroscus brevicollis and four species of Trixagus. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Trogidae | Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Key for the identification of British Trogossitidae | This family contains five British species, each from different genera. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Coleoptera family keys | Updated web address for individual beetle families. | Mike Hackston | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Geotrupidae Key to British Species | A key to the British species of family Geotrupidae, revised to include Odonteus armiger which was formerly placed in a s | Mike Hackston (2019) Adapted and updated from Joy (1932) and translated from Machatschke (1969). | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| British Lichens Species Gallery | Website designed to help with lichen identification by providing good photos of lichens that are found in the British Is | Mike Sutcliffe | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Hants moths | Details of all the species that occur in Hampshire and beyond, with good quality photographs, descriptions, distribution | Mike Wall | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| A beginner’s vegetative guide to orchids of the British Isles | This guide is designed to aid anyone in the process of identifying orchids when they are not in flower | Mike Waller | Yes | View Edit | |
| MoorPLANTS pdf | A printable pdf to help identify the plants you encounter on the Peak District and South Pennine peatlands and moors. | Moors for the Future | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Sphagnum ID guide | This printable pdf is primarily a field guide to the Sphagnum mosses found in the Peak District National Park and South | Moors for the Future | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| MoorSIGHTS pdf | This printable pdf is a field guide to some of the most common and/or iconic landscape features of the Peak District Nat | Moors for the Future | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| MoorWILD pdf | This printable PDF is a field guide to some of the most common and/or iconic moorland animal species found within the Pe | Moors for the Future | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| MoorMOSS app | This app is primarily a field guide to the Sphagnum mosses found in the Peak District National Park and South Pennines a | Moors for the Future, Natural Apptitude Ltd | Yes | App | View Edit |
| MoorPLANTS app | An app to help identify the plants you encounter on the Peak District and South Pennine peatlands and moors. | Moors for the Future, Natural Apptitude Ltd | Yes | App | View Edit |
| MoorSIGHTS app | This app is a field guide to some of the most common and/or iconic landscape features of the Peak District National Park | Moors for the Future, Natural Apptitude Ltd | Yes | App | View Edit |
| MoorWILD app | This app is a field guide to some of the most common and/or iconic moorland animal species found within the Peak Distric | Moors for the Future, Natural Apptitude Ltd | Yes | App | View Edit |
| Common seaweeds | Seaweeds are usually easily recognisable. | Morrell & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae (Broad-nosed weevils) | RES Handbook vol 5 part 17a. | Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
| True weevils (part 1) Coleoptera: Curculionidae | RES Handbook vol 5 part 17b. | Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
| True Weevils (part 2) Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae | RES handbook vol 5 part 17c. | Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
| True Weevils (Part III) | RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 17d. This Handbook is the third, and final, part covering the 'true weevils'. | Morris | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Cladonia: a field guide | The author writes: "Cladonia is an extensive and difficult genus of lichens, but one that is extremely valuable in | N. G. Hodgetts | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| iRecord Butterflies | Butterfly recording is the foundation for protecting these beautiful creatures. | Natural Apptitude Ltd. | Yes | App | View Edit |
| Mammal Tracker | The Mammal Tracker smartphone application is the first extensive phone app for the identification and recording of Briti | Natural Apptitude Ltd. | Yes | App | View Edit |
| Plant Tracker | The Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Natural Resources Wale | Natural Apptitude Ltd. | Yes | App | View Edit |
| iRecord Ladybirds | The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Nature Locator team have joined forces to help map species of ladybird with | Natural Apptitude Ltd. | Yes | App | View Edit |
| LeafWatch | Help scientists track the spread of the horse-chestnut leaf miner moth with this simple, intuitive app.  | Natural Apptitude Ltd. | Yes | App | View Edit |
| Bats in flight | Telling the different bat species apart by sight can be difficult, but this guide outlines key details to look | Natural History Museum | No | View Edit | |
| Spiders in your home | A guide to help you identify six spider species commonly found in houses and other buildings | Natural History Museum & OPAL | Yes | View Edit | |
| World Spider Catalog | This primarily a fully searchable online database covering spider taxonomy, but it has a longer history of predecessors | Natural History Museum of Bern | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| AlgaeVision | A database and virtual collection of images of freshwater and terrestrial algae collected in Britain and Ireland | Natural History Museum, British Phycological Society | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Butterflies of Britain and Ireland | A comprehensive interactive field guide covering all 61 butterfly species that regularly occur in Britain and Ireland. | Nature Guides Ltd | No | App | View Edit |
| Moths & Butterflies of Britain & Ireland | Photographic guide accessing UKMoths.org.uk and distribution maps from the National Moth Recording Scheme when online. | Nature Guides Ltd | No | App | View Edit |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain and Ireland | A comprehensive field guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Ireland. | Nature Guides Ltd | No | App | View Edit |
| Bumblebees of Britain & Ireland | App that provides a comprehensive resource to help identify bumblebees in the field. | NatureGuides, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Habitat Aid, Richard Lewington | No | App | View Edit |
| Shieldbugs of the British Isles | Shieldbugs look somewhat like beetles but have sucking mouthparts instead of mandibles and their young (called nymphs) p | Nau | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Intertidal marine isopods | The Second Edition of this iconic Synopsis, replacing Naylor (1972). This new edition of the Synopsis has been | Naylor & Brandt | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Psocids Psocoptera (Booklice and Barklice) | RES Handbook vol 1 part 7. | New | No | Publication | View Edit |
| British bumblebee identification guide | Online identification guide to UK bumblebees using simple key based on colour. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Walking With Woodlice | Simple key to help identify the woodlice that you are most likely to find. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Identify your bluebells | Information on how to distinguish UK native bluebells from non-native species and hybrids. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Orchid Observers Identification Guide | Identification guide developed for the orchid observers citizen science project. | NHM | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Types of British Seaweed | Online identification guide (using photos) to seaweeds. Grouped by habitat. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Tree identification key | An interactive key to tree identification. | NHM | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Urban tree survey - tree identification key | Identification guide to support the urban tree survey. | NHM | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
