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 301 - 350 of 764.| Title | Description | Author(s) | Free | Availability | |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Guide to summer coastal birds | From cormorants to kittiwakes, and guillemots to gulls, this 8-panel laminated fold-out chart features 28 of the birds y | Farley-Brown & Langman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to the adult caddisflies or sedge flies (Trichoptera) | Adult caddisflies, also known as sedge flies, are well known to fly fishermen, who imitate them with artificial flies. | Barnard and Ross | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to the British Stonefly (Plecoptera) families: adults and larvae | This introductory AIDGAP field guide to stoneflies includes identification keys for the identification of both stonefly | Pryce, Macadam & Brooks | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to the main groups of pond invertebrates | Guide to the main groups of pond invertebrates. | OPAL | Yes | Online, PDF, Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to the night sky | This laminated fold-out chart will tell you how to find your way about the night sky, and how to identify some of the pl | Scagell & Penston | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Guide to the UK cetaceans and seals | Many large sea mammals, including whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals, can be seen around the UK's coast. | Simmonds & Molleson | No | Publication | 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 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 |
| Guides to British Beetles | John Walters free downloadable guides to a growing selection of British Beetles | John Walters and Mark Telfer | Yes | Online, PDF | 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 |
| Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles (2-Volume Set) | Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles provides a comprehensive and authoritative account of the current state of kno | George R Else and Mike Edwards | No | Publication | 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 |
| Harvestmen | This 12-panel laminated fold-out chart covers the adults of the harvestmen found in the field in the British Isles. | Richards | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Harvestmen fold-out chart | 12-panel laminated fold-out chart covers the adults of the harvestmen found in the field in the British Isles. | Paul Richards; FSC Publications | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Harvestmen in Nottinghamshire | A photographic guide to the Harvestmen of Nottinghamshire found at the excellent Eakringbirds.com website. | Trevor and Dilys Pendleton | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Harvestmen of Britain & Ireland | There are some 30 different species of harvestmen (Opiliones) in the UK. | Richards, P & Burkmar, R. | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Hawkmoths of the British Isles: Identification Guide | Hawkmoths (family Sphingidae) are some of the most colourful and conspicuous moths in the British Isles. | Bebbington & Lewington | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Hawthorns - video ID key | A video guide (short YouTube film) to the diagnostic features of the native Hawthorns and its hybrid in the UK to aid in | Lliam Rooney/BSBI | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Heathlands in the East Midlands | A guide to the reptiles, invertebrates, birds and plants of heathland. | OPAL | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Herptile ID | Identification guide to amphibian and reptile species of the British Isles. | ARC | No | App | View Edit |
| House and garden spiders | Spiders have eight legs... and many of them spin webs to catch their prey... | Bee & Lewington | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Hoverflies of the British Isles | Poster pictorial guide to commonly seen hoverflies of the British Isles | Andy Slater | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| How to identify Autumn seeds | Beautiful illustrations of 12 distinctive seeds to look for during Autumn. | Peter Marren, Felicity Rose Cole | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| How to identify hoverflies | Pictoral guide to identify 12 common hoverfly species | BBC Wildlife Magazine/Felicity Rose Cole | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| How to identify UK animals | Simple guides and keys to amphibians, reptiles, swallows swifts & martins, garden butterflies, common dragonflies, m | BBC Nature | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Hybrid Flora of the British Isles | This book provides detailed accounts of the 909 hybrids reliably recorded in the wild in the British Isles. | C.A. Stace, C.D. Preston & D.A. Pearman | No | Publication | View Edit |
| ID guide to pines grown in the UK (Pinus) | ID guide to pines grown in the UK (Pinus), including leaves and cones. | Ken Adams | Yes | View Edit | |
| ID guides to difficult British spiders | In the UK spiders are one of the few invertebrate groups where the majority of the species can be identified with " | BAS | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Identification guide for selected marine non-native species | A guide to 36 non-native seaweeds and marine animals produced by the MBA with funding from the Interreg IVA ‘3C’ capital | Bishop, J. | Yes | View Edit | |
| Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles | A comprehensive photographic guide to the coastal fish of the British Isles. | Peter Henderson (author), Robin Somes (Editor) | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identification key to the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) | This key to ichneumonid subfamilies should be regarded as a test version and feedback will be much appreciated (emails t | Gavin Broad | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Identification of common benthic diatoms in rivers | This AIDGAP field guide includes illustrated identification keys to the genera of diatoms found in benthic habitats in r | Kelly | No | Publication | View Edit |
| Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level: | A distance learning course from FBA and EA. Currently not running as a tutor lead course, but downloading of th | Various mainly Richard Chadd | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Identification of soldierflies and allies | Summarises the available resources for identifying soldierflies and allies - Soldierflies, Stratiomyidae; Horseflies, Ta | Martin Harvey | Yes | Online, PDF, Publication | View Edit |
| Identify a butterfly | Website containing photos and simple key based on colour, size and markings. | Butterfly Conservation | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Identify a Euphrasia | An online multi-access key to Eyebrights. | BSBI | 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 |
| Identifying bee flies in genus Bombylius | Identification guide to the four British species of bee fly. | Martin Harvey | Yes | Online, PDF | View Edit |
| Identifying beetles | The stated aims of Mark Telfer's Beetles website are: provide ‘cribs’ to supplement, clarify, correct and up-date e | Mark Telfer | Yes | Online | 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 |
| Identikit Beetle Families | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering 102 beetle families known to occur in Britain and Ireland. | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Identikit Macrofungi Genera (Gills) | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering over 200 gilled macrofungi genera known to occur in Britain | Stephen Docker and Geoffrey Kibby | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Identikit Mosses | Multi access key to UK and Irish Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit | Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Identikit Plant Families | A prototype multi-access digital identification key covering 14 plant families which, between them, contain approx 67% o | Stephen Docker | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Identikit Sphagnum Mosses (Mobile Version) | Multi access key to UK and Irish Sphagnum Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit | Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee | Yes | Online | View Edit |
| Identikit Waders of Britain and Ireland | A multi-access digital identification key covering 28 wader species known to occur in Britain and Ireland on a regular b | Stephen Docker and Keith Offord | Yes | Online, App | View Edit |
| Illustrated key to the British False Scorpions (Pseudoscorpions) | Most people who see a false scorpion for the first time are fascinated. | Legg & Farr-Cox | No | Publication | 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 |
