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].

More info and how to create an account

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Titlesort ascending Description Author(s) Free Availability
Xeno-Canto A citizen science project dedicated to sharing wildlife sounds. Citizen Science Yes Online 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
Woodlice and Waterlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea & Asellota) in Britain and Ireland 4 species of waterlice and 40 species of woodlice occur outdoors in Britain and Ireland. Gregory No Publication View Edit
Woodland plants Colour illustrations of 41 species of common woodland plant are included in this 8-page laminated fold-out chart. Gulliver, Gulliver & Roberts No Publication View Edit
Woodland name trail (mini beasts) Looking to identify the minibeasts of soil and leaf litter? Bebbington et al No Publication View Edit
Winter Webs A guide to spider webs commonly found in winter, and how they can help us find out which family or genus of spiders made Holly Dillon Yes PDF 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
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
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
Wild Plants of the Woods Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in woodland. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Wild Flower Key Corrigenda Details of important corrections to the Wild Flower Key are set out in this PDF. CLARE O’REILLY Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Wild Flower Id - The British Identification Guide to Wild Flowers App for identifying wild flowers of the UK. Isoperla No App View Edit
Wild berry (& other fruit) spotter’s sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen berries and fruiting trees and shrubs in hedgerows. Yes Online, PDF 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
What’s in bloom in June? Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June (alternate version). 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
Weevil Guides These are draft guides to genera or species groups of weevils. Mark Gurney Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Watford Coleoptera Group A brilliant site for identifying British beetles. Watford Coleoptera Group Yes Online View Edit
Water horsetail - ID video A video guide (short YouTube film) to the diagnostic features of Equisetum fluviatile (Water Horsetail) to aid in the id Lliam Rooney/BSBI Yes Online View Edit
Water Beetle adults and larvae A dichotomous key - in FRENCH - but very useable for adult and larvae of water beetles Phillipe Richoux Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Walking With Woodlice Simple key to help identify the woodlice that you are most likely to find. NHM Yes Online View Edit
Vegetative identification keys for selected woody plant genera in Western European cultivation Vegetative identification keys (pdf files in English) for selected woody plant genera in Western European cultivation, c Jan De Langhe 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
Urban tree survey - tree identification key Identification guide to support the urban tree survey. NHM Yes Online, PDF View Edit
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
United Kingdom Turtle Code Advice for sea users on how to deal with marine turtle encounters, including an identification guide to the five species Marine Conservation Society Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Understanding geography fieldwork 3: The river environment This is a guide to carrying out geographical fieldwork on the topic of rivers. Holmes & Warn No Publication View Edit
Understanding Geography Fieldwork 2: The Central Business District Central Business District is designed to support student-led field investigations in the CBD, and takes a structured rou Warn & Holmes No Publication View Edit
Understanding Geography Fieldwork 1: Statistics for Geographers Aimed at GCSE and AS/A2, the Understanding Geography Fieldwork series of fold-out charts have been designed for independ Sutton No Publication View Edit
Understanding Ecology Fieldwork 1. Rocky shore communities Rocky shore communities has been used in draft form for many years by student visitors to FSC Field Centres. Cremona No Publication View Edit
UK Moths Online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Lots of photos. Ian Kimber Yes Online 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
UK Harvetmen Flickr album Album of photos of UK Harvestmen, covering all UK species. Paul Richards Yes Online View Edit
UK Harvestmen (Opiliones) Facebook group UK Harvestmen (Opiliones) Facebook group, with group members sharing photos, ID help and signposting to courses and addi Various Yes Online View Edit
UK Dragonflies & Damselflies This Facebook group is to enjoy and share information about those species of Dragonflies & Damselflies which are fou Yes Online View Edit
UK Butterflies Identification guides (photo based) to UK butterflies, arranged by family. Yes Online, PDF View Edit
UK Bees, Wasps and Ants Facebook group devoted to the identification and recording of UK hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants). Matt Smith Yes Online View Edit
Types of British Seaweed Online identification guide (using photos) to seaweeds. Grouped by habitat. NHM Yes Online View Edit
Tufted Forget-me-not - ID video A vidoe guide (short YouTube film) to the diagnostic features of Tufted Forget-me-not, to aid in the identification of t Lliam Rooney/BSBI Yes Online 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
True Weevils (part 2) Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae RES handbook vol 5 part 17c. Morris No Publication View Edit
True weevils (part 1) Coleoptera: Curculionidae RES Handbook vol 5 part 17b. Morris No Publication View Edit
Trees of Britain and Northern Europe A guide to the identification of all tree species found in Britain and northern Europe. Alan Mitchell No Publication View Edit
Trees of Britain and Europe This field guide contains a collection of photographs of everything you need to identify a tree - whether in winter, spr Keith Rushforth No Publication View Edit
Tree name trail Produced with the support of the Forestry Commission, this 12-page laminated fold-out chart contains a full-colour illus Oldham & Roberts No Publication View Edit
Tree identification key An interactive key to tree identification. NHM Yes Online View Edit
Top 50 garden birds: British garden bird identification This fold-out chart is designed to help with the identification of the majority of bird species likely to be found in a Jackson, Simms & Shields No Publication View Edit
The woodlouse name trail Woodlice are widespread and common animals. Hopkin No Publication View Edit

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