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 101 - 150 of 764.| Title | Description | Author(s) | Free | Availability | |
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| 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 |
| British Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta): a key to adults of the genera occurring in Britain | This AIDGAP field guide to sawflies provides identification keys to the adults of the 109 genera of sawflies occurring i | Wright | No | Publication | View Edit |
| British Scraptiidae | RES Handbook vol 5 part 18. | Levey | No | Publication | View Edit |
| British Spider identification | Facebook group dedicated to identifying British spiders. | Jenni Cox | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| British Spiders, Vols I - III | The first 2 volumes of Locket & Millidge's work were completed in 1951 and 53, and remain classic texts on the | Locket, Millidge & Merrett | No | PDF, Publication | 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 |
| BSBI Flora Search | Online multi-access key for the identification of British flora. | Quentin Groom | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 1 Sedges of the British Isles | ISBN-13: 978-0901158352 The 3rd edition of this handbook has been considerably expanded in size, with the scope of the | Jermy, AC. Simpson, DA. Foley, MJY. Porter, MS | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 10 Sea Beans and Nickar Nuts | A handbook of exotic seeds and fruits stranded on beaches in north-western Europe.154pp, drawings by W WALSH, A Hathway | E Charles Nelson | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 11 Water Starworts: Callitriche of Europe | ISBN: 9780901158369 Provides guidance on the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties of water-starwort | Lansdown, R. V. | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 12 Fumitories of Britain and Ireland | ISBN-13: 978-0-901158-40-6 Fumitories are a fascinating group of plants. | Rosaline J. Murphy | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 13 Grasses of the British Isles | ISBN 978‐0‐901158‐420 This new Handbook attempts to bridge the gap between the taxonomy of the 1980s and the new molec | Tom Cope & Alan Gray | No | Publication | 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 |
| BSBI Handbook No 15 British Northern Hawkweeds | ISBN: 978090115845 There are 21 species in British Northern Hawkweeds (Hieracium section Alpestria), 16 of which occur | Tim C. G. Rich & Walter Scott | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 2 Umbellifers of The British Isles | ISPN: 9780901158024 Keys to, descriptions and line drawings of 73 British species. Drawings by Ann Farrer. | T. G .Tutin | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 3 Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland | ISPN: 9780901158475 Based on "Docks and Knotweeds of the British Isles" by Lousley and Kent (1981) this long | J.R. Akeroyd | No | Publication | 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 Handbook No 5 Charophytes of Great Britain and Ireland | Reprinted 2005 with a new preface and corrections by Dr C. Preston. | Jenny A Moore | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 6 Crucifers | Standard reference for the identification of Cruciferae species in the British Isles. | T.C.G. Rich | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 7 Roses of Great Britain and Ireland | Descriptions of 13 native and 9 introduces taxa of Rosa. Briefer descriptions of 76 hybrids. | G.G. Graham and A.L. Primavesi | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 8 Pondweeds of Great Britain and Ireland | A substantial guide to the British species of Potamogeton, Groenlandia and Ruppia, with an excellent introductory sectio | C. D. Preston | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI Handbook No 9 Dandelions of Great Britain and Ireland | Descriptions of 235 species of Taraxacum , including microspecies, most of them illustrated by silhouettes of herbarium | A.A. Dudman and A.J. Richards | No | Publication | View Edit |
| BSBI species accounts | The species accounts available on the BSBI web page and provide information on identification, habitat, biogeography, ec | Walker, K.J. & Stroh, P.A. | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID - Corvids | A black crow flies over - but is it a Crow, a Rook or even a Raven? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID - Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser | Identifying the two large sawbills, Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser, can be pretty straight-forward when confronted | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID - Grey Harriers | Harriers are stunning, lithe and elegant birds of prey. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID - Pigeons | Not all pigeons are Woodpigeons - honest! | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID - Sanderling & Curlew Sandpiper | In the UK in late Summer some may be daunted by the prospect of identifying individual species in frequent groups of sma | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Adult black-backed gulls | On paper Lesser and Great Black-backed Gulls are straightforward to separate but, in reality, many of us struggle - espe | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Cattle Egret | A white heron in the UK is likely to be a Little or Great White Egret. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Chaffinch & Brambling | Chaffinch is one of our most common and familiar birds, but young birds and females are harder to identify than the stun | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Collared Dove & Turtle Dove | Collared Dove is one of our most familiar species, despite only arriving naturally in the country relatively recently, b | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Common and Jack Snipe | A stocky brown bird rockets up from just in front of your feet, but is it a Common Snipe, or its rarer relative Jack Sni | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Common shanks | Redshank are common, familiar (and very noisy) waders found, year-round, on our coastal habitats as well as inland durin | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Common sparrows & Reed Bunting | Sparrows are not just sparrows - are they House Sparrows or Tree Sparrows? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Cormorant and Shag | A black, reptilian-looking bird swims by low to the water - but is it a Cormorant or a Shag? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - cuckoo | Cuckoos are well-known birds, but their distinctive and eagerly awaited song can be confused with several other species. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Curlew and Whimbrel | Curlew is a familiar wader, found in wild habitats around the UK. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - diving ducks | Dabbling ducks are so familiar, but there is also a group of common ducks that actively dive on freshwater for food. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID video - godwits | Godwits are large, elegant waders and relatively common in the right habitats at certain times of year. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Goldcrest & Firecrest | The tiny Goldcrest, is a common year-round bird, found mainly in woodland and gardens. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Goshawk and Sparrowhawk | All birders, whatever their skill level and experience, will struggle on occasion with separating Sparrowhawk and Goshaw | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Great & Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers | Are you unsure of the identity of a black and white woodpecker coming to your garden feeder? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Green finches in your garden | Not all green finches are Greenfinches! | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Grey & Golden Plovers | Can you tell the silver from the gold? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Grouse | Grouse are classic birds of upland and wild habitats. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Hirundines and Swift | With their swept back wings and aerial lifestyle hirundines (Swallow, Sand and House Martins) and the similar, but unrel | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Hobby & Kestrel | A sudden view of an elegant falcon in summer, but is it a Hobby or Kestrel? | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO Bird ID video - Iceland and Glaucous Gulls | This identification video tackles the difficult pair of gulls, Iceland and Glaucous. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| BTO bird ID video - Identifying Linnet and Twite | Linnets are familiar birds, but their scarcer cousins Twite are always a good find. | BTO | Yes | Online | View Edit |
