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.
Displaying 251 - 300 of 764.| Title | Description |
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| Chelifer.com | Gerald Legg's Pseudoscorpion web pages. | Gerald Legg | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Pseudoscorpions (Arthropoda, Arachnida): keys and notes for the identification of the species | This Linnean Society synopsis is out of print but remains the most important literature for the identification of Brtiti | Gerald Legg, Richard Evan Jones | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Sipunculans | The phylum Sipuncula comprises a small but distinct group of exclusively marine animals, with 17 genera and about 150 sp | Gibbs | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to mosses and liverworts of towns and gardens | Although small, mosses and liverworts can be found nearly everywhere. | Godfrey | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to mosses and liverworts of woodlands | Mosses and liverworts can form quite an extensive part of the woodland flora, carpeting the ground and covering tree tr | Godfrey | No | Publication | View Edit |
| The Smaller Moths of Shropshire | Based on approximately 18,500 records covering over 800 species, this is the first ever published atlas of the smaller m | Godfrey Blunt | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Opiliones in the UK and Continental Europe | Useful website with information on the identification of harvestmen in the UK and Europe including photographs and speci | Gordon Spears | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Commensal and parasitic copepods associated with marine invertebrates (2nd ed.) | This Synopsis covers species known to live parasitically or commensally with marine invertebrates. | Gotto | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to floodplain meadows | Produced in association with the Floodplain Meadows Partnership, this fold-out chart features illustrations of 48 key fl | Gowing, Wallace, Rothero & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Halacarid mites | Halacarid mites are minute arachnids to be found crawling in the substratum of marine and brackish-water habitats throug | Green & Macquitty | No | Publication | 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 |
| A guide to animals on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act | Produced in partnership with RSPCA and Natural England as a compact reference source for people working with wildlife, t | Grogan | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to orchids | With colour paintings covering 69 species, subspecies and hybrids, this chart covers all the orchids that you are likely | Gulliver & Gulliver | 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 |
| Guide to grassland plants 1 | Featuring colour illustrations of 54 species, this 12-page fold-out chart covers plants commonly found on lowland acid a | Gulliver, Gulliver & Roberts | No | Publication | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 2 Part 4a. Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part) - Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae | For a number of years there has been no single and comprehensive work available for the identification of the aphid spec | H. L. G. Stroyan | No | View Edit | |
| RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 1. Diptera - 1. Introduction and key to families | HITHERTO the only key to the families of British Diptera has been that given in Wingate's Durham Diptera (1906), wh | H. Oldroyd | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 4a. Diptera - Brachycera. Tabanoidea and Asiloidea | (Now superceded - see comments.) THE evolution of Diptera has clearly followed two main lines, one leading to Nematocera | Harold Oldroyd | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| British water plants | This AIDGAP field guide to British water plants is a comprehensive guide to the identification of living specimens in th | Haslam, Sinker & Wolseley | No | Publication | View Edit |
| British birds of prey | Produced in conjunction with the Hawk and Owl Trust, this chart will help you to identify birds of prey in flight in the | Hawk and Owl Trust | No | Publication | View Edit |
| English translation to accompany De Nederlandse hooiwagens (Opiliones) | This translation is intended to act as a supplement to the Dutch publication, to which reference should be made for phot | Hay Wijnhoven | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| De Nederlandse hooiwagens (Opiliones) | A superb account of the Dutch Harvestmen which includes most of the UK fauna. The illustrations are outstanding. | Hay Wijnhoven | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A new key to wild flowers | Halfway between an introductory guide and a technical flora, this user-friendly key provides an easy route to the accura | Hayward & Hickey | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Cheilostomatous Bryozoa (part 1) Aeteoidea - Cribrilinoidea (2nd ed.) | Bryozoans will be familiar to students and specialists of marine biology, but they may not be immediately recognised for | Hayward & Ryland | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Cheilostomatous Bryozoa (part 2) Hippothooidea - Celleporoidea (2nd ed.) | Bryozoans will be familiar to students and specialists of marine biology, but they may not be immediately recognised for | Hayward & Ryland | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Cyclostome Bryozoans | Bryozoans can be found in most marine habitats. | Hayward & Ryland | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Ladybirds | This revised and updated edition of Ladybirds provides a succinct but comprehensive and accessible overview of the biolo | Helen E Roy, Peter MJ Brown, Richard F Comont, Remy L Poland, John J Sloggett, Sophie Allington, Chris Shields | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Intro to Ladybird Larvae ID | This is one of FSC BioLinks informal virtual meet ups (VMUs) on Zoom which we've started doing in response to the C | Helen Roy and Peter Brown | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Synopsis of the British Fauna No. 4 (2nd edn) Harvestmen | Full copy of this classic text and key to UK Harvestmen, published by the Linnean Society in 1989. | Hillyard & Sankey | Yes | View Edit | |
| A field key to the British Brown Seaweeds | This AIDGAP identification key is designed to allow non-specialists to identify the majority of British macroscopic (lar | Hiscock | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Fungi Name Trail: Identification Guide | Produced in association with the British Mycological Society, this key is to guide teachers and students to help identif | Holden & Hamper | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Spiders you can ID and record during lockdown | FSC BioLinks Virtual Meetup 1: Spiders you can ID and record during lockdown Holly Dillon takes us through a number o | Holly Dillon | Yes | Online | 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 | 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 |
| The woodlouse name trail | Woodlice are widespread and common animals. | Hopkin | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A key to the Collembola (Springtails) of Britain and Ireland | The AIDGAP identification guide to Collembola (springtails) has been designed to guide the beginner to this group throug | Hopkin | No | Publication | View Edit |
| A key to the woodlice of Britain and Ireland | The AIDGAP identification guide to woodlice contains keys to the 35 species of woodlice known to be breed outdoors in th | Hopkin | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Species checklist for UK hoverflies | Species checklist for UK hoverflies. | Hoverfly Recording Scheme | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| British Froghoppers IdentiKit | This visualisation and multi-access key was built on a knowledge-base for British froghoppers. | Howells, Nia | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| A Guide to Grasses, their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles | ISPN: 0140132279 The classic text on British Grass identification. 476pp, numerous line illustrations. | Hubbard, C. E. | No | Online | View Edit |
| Seed and leaf beetles | This AIDGAP identification guide covers the adults of the Chrysomelidae, Orsodacnidae and Megalopodidae. | Hubble | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Marine and brackish water Harpacticoid Copepods (Part 1) | The order Harpacticoida is one of the ten orders of the sub-class Copepoda which, along with six other sub-classes, make | Huys et al | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Key to Groups of British Grasses | The key provides an introduction and guide for beginners in the identification of grasses in flower. | Hyslop, Burkmar & Hunnex | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 7 Part 2b. Ichneumonidae - Orthopelmatinae & Anomaloninae | This handbook is the third dealing with the Ichneumonidae. The first two by Dr J. F. | I. D. Gauld & P. A. Mitchell | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 2 Part 5a. Homoptera - Psylloidea | The Psylloidea, or jumping plant-lice, are an important component of the hemipterous fauna of many dicotyledenous plants | I. D. Hodkinson & I. M. White | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 5a. Diptera - Tephritidae | Most species of Tephritidae (=Trypetidae, Trupaneidae, Euribiidae) are phytophagous and have prominently patterned wings | I. M. White | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| UK Moths | Online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Lots of photos. | Ian Kimber | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Animals other than Shells | This is a great additional help identifying marine wildlife other than those with shells, based on surveys between Fleet | Ian Wallace | Yes | View Edit | |
| Difficult Seashell Identification Guide | Produced by Liverpool Bay Recording Partnership - this is a fab guide to shells likely to be found on British coasts - | Ian Wallace | Yes | View Edit | |
| Simple key to Caddis Larvae | Caddis larvae are very familiar aquatic insects but only a few of the 198 British and Irish species feature in popular g | Ian Wallace | No | Publication | View Edit |
