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: biolinks@field-studies-council.org.
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| Land snails in the British Isles (2nd edition) | This fully illustrated AIDGAP identification guide should enable most beginners to identify all the land snails found in | Cameron and Riley | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to wildlife of burial grounds | Churchyards, cemeteries and burial grounds are found all across the UK and many have become living sanctuaries for wildl | Caring for God's Acre | No | Publication | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 2. Coleoptera. Carabidae | THE family Carabidae is here treated in its widest sense, that, is including also the Tiger-beetles which have often bee | Carl H. Lindroth | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Lichen App for assessing Nitrogen pollution | This mobile app is a tool for assessing the status of nitrogen in your area by surveying lichen on trees. | CEH | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| iRecord Grasshoppers | Orthoptera and related insects are not well recorded in the UK and so scientists have little information about their dis | CEH | Yes | App | View Edit |
| Guide to using a lichen based index to nitrogen air quality | This guide provides a simple method for determining gaseous nitrogen pollution that can be used by anyone interested in | CEH, NHM & University of Nottingham | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to British Dung Beetles: GEOTRUPIDAE (Dor beetles) | PDF linked from webpage with extra information: https://dungbeetlemap.wordpress.com/dung-beetles/geotrupidae/ The Geotr | Ceri Watkins, Dung Beetle UK Mapping Project | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Guide to British Dung Beetles: ONTHOPHAGUS | PDF linked from webpage with extra information: https://dungbeetlemap.wordpress.com/dung-beetles/onthophagus/ Picture g | Ceri Watkins, Dung Beetle UK Mapping Project | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 2a. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (a). | THE Chalcidoidea (Chalcid flies) form one of the largest superfamilies of the Hymenoptera, and are distributed in almost | Ch. Ferrière and G. J. Kerrich | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Atlas of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland | Produced in partnership with the British Dragonfly Society and Dragonfly Ireland, this full colour hardback book (approx | Cham, Nelson, Prentice, Smallshire & Taylor | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Checklist: Diptera | RES Handbook vol 12 part 1. | Chandler | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Seasearch Guide to Sea Anemones and Corals of Britain and Ireland (2nd Edition) | The cool temperate waters around Britain & Ireland contain a huge variety of marine life and the sea anemones an | Chris Wood | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland | This lavishly illustrated book aims to introduce divers and snorkellers to a selection of the animals and plants from sp | Chris Wood | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Bats of Britain, Europe & Northwest Africa | ISPN: 9781408105313 Comprehensive book covering all species of bat in the UK (and even the rest of Europe and North Afr | Christian Dietz, Otto von Helverson & Dietmar Nill | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Xeno-Canto | A citizen science project dedicated to sharing wildlife sounds. | Citizen Science | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Cladocera key | Key to cladocera - in FRENCH - but very easy to use | Claude Amoros | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| New Flora of the British Isles | Description Since its first publication in 1991, New Flora of the British Isles has become established as | Clive Stace | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Conchological Society Encyclopedia of Marine Molluscs | The Encyclopedia is an emerging on-line reference source for the species of mollusc found within Britain and Ireland whi | Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| British Marine Mollusca Facebook Group | For discussion, sharing of information and people who are rather obsessed with British Marine Mollusca.  | Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae (part 1) | Hydroids and their medusae are amongst the most exquisitely beautiful and intriguing of marine invertebrate groups. | Cornelius | No | Publication | View Edit |
| North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae (part 2) | Hydroids and their medusae are amongst the most exquisitely beautiful and intriguing of marine invertebrate groups. | Cornelius | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identifying the British species of Leptophlebiidae | There are three genera of Leptophlebiidae present in the British Isles: Habrophlebia; Leptophlebia; and Paraleptophlebia | Craig Macadam | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| A guide to hedgerows | Produced in partnership with OMSCo (The Organic Milk Co-operative), this fold-out chart provides an identification guide | Crane & Roberts | 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 |
| Guide to foraging: top 25 edible plants | Foraging: what better way to enjoy the outdoors than to go and find your own food for free? | Cremona & Harper | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A key to the major groups of British freshwater invertebrates | This AIDGAP identification guide is designed to help non-specialists identify the invertebrates found in pools, lakes, s | Croft | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to British freshwater fishes | This 8-panel laminated fold-out chart shows all the freshwater fish that you are likely to see in ponds, streams and riv | Croft & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A key to the crabs and crab-like animals of British inshore waters | This fully-illustrated AIDGAP field guide enables the non-specialist to identify all of the crabs that are likely to be | Crothers & Crothers | No | Publication | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 6. Plecoptera | RATHER weakly chitinized insects with two pairs of membranous wings often reduced in the male. | D. E. Kimmins | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 1 Part 9. Ephemeroptera | NORMALLY two pairs of wings; anterior pair much larger than the posterior which in some genera are much reduced in size | D. E. Kimmins | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 10. Coleoptera. Histeroidea | THE Superfamily Histeroidea includes three families, Sphaeritidae, Syntellidae and Histeridae. | D. G. H. Halstead | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| A Key To The Families Of British Diptera | This AIDGAP key should enable anybody to identify adult flies to their family. | D. M. Unwin | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 5. Cuckoo-Wasps. Hymenoptera, Chrysididae | Among the British aculeate Hymenoptera, the Chrysididae constitute a spectacularly coloured but little known group of pa | D. Morgan | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Illustrated key to the families of British Springtails (Collembola) | This new AIDGAP guide, in the fold-out chart style, is an illustrated key to the families of Collembola in Britain. | Dallimore & Shaw | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Beetles attracted to Moth traps | A free online guide, showing UK beetle species commonly attracted to light traps. | Dan Asaw | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| A guide to British Amphibians | The British isles is home to seven amphibian species. | David Bodenham | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Conopids | 'Conopids' is an open Facebook group for anyone interested in thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae). | David Clements | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Grasshoppers of Norfolk | A guide to identification of Orthoptera in Norfolk. Includes information on habitats, calls, distribution maps. | David Richmond | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Bumblebees of Norfolk | As an aid to identification, the Norfolk bumblebees are presented here as three sets of six: • six common species which | David Richmond | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Shropshire Earwig Species | Photo gudie to identifying the three species of earwig found in Shropshire. | David W. Williams | Yes | View Edit | |
| A Guide to Shropshire Orthoptera and Dermaptera | Excluding escapes and naturalised aliens (eg Egyptian grasshopper, house cricket) thirteen species of Orthoptera (grassh | David Williams | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Brambles (Rubus) of Britain and Ireland | Facebook group devoted to the identification and study of UK brambles | David-Müzeyyen Merrick | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Dandelions (Taraxacum) of Britain and Ireland | A Facebook group devoted to the identification of UK dandelions (Taraxacum), of the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. | David-Müzeyyen Merrick | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe | This Country Life Guide to the Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe is an excellent resource - particularly for those | Dick Jones | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Naamlijst en determinatiesleutel tot de pseudoschorpioenen van nederland (arachnida: pseudoscorpiones) | A dutch key to dutch Pseudoscorpions. It's in Dutch. | Dick van den Tooren | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Getting started with spider recording | This free FSC fold-out chart contrains some of the easily recognisible spiders that can be found in the UK. | Dillon, Holly | Yes | Publication | View Edit |
| Tachinid Recording Scheme | A UK-based project to help promote the recording and study of tachinid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae). | Dipterists Forum | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Lichens of heaths and moors | This fold-out chart covers 62 of the species found on heaths and moors, organised into species that grow on the ground, | Dobson | No | Publication | View Edit |
