Species Identification Guides
A well-identified record is easier to verify and far more useful to conservation. These free resources can help you reach a confident identification before you submit. If you know of any species identification resources missing from the list below, please contact us.
General
- NatureSpot
- Field Studies Council ID Resource Finder
- Steven Falk Flickr ID guides
- Eakring Birds
- iSpot Keys
- BioImages
- UK Safari
- Royal Entomological Society Out of Print Handbooks
- Richard Comont Blog
- Online Keys
- Database of Insects and their Food Plants
- List of National Schemes
- SEWBReC YouTube Playlists
- Pl@ntNet – plant identification from your images
- ObsIdentify – Recognise nature in one click
- Amphibians and Reptiles
- Ants, Bees and Wasps
- Bumblebee Conservation Trust
- Steven Falk Flickr Bees
- Mike's Insect Keys: Hymenoptera
- BWARS (Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Scheme)
- UK Bees, Wasps & Ants Facebook Group
- The Sawflies of Britain and Ireland
- Sawfly Caterpillars
- Sawflies of Norfolk
- British & Irish Sawflies Facebook Group
- Beginner’s Guide to Identifying British Ichneumonids
- Key to Subfamilies of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
- British Ichneumonidae Facebook Group
- Social Wasp Guide
- Key to Common French Ants
- Quick Ant Guide
- YouTube Playlist of Bee courses
- YouTube Playlist of Wasp courses
- Aquatic Invertebrates
- Freshwater Invertebrates Key
- The Riverfly Partnership
- Riverfly Recording Schemes
- Mike's Insect Keys: Mayflies
- Key to Mayflies
- Mike's Insect Keys: Caddisflies
- Caddisfly Catalogue
- Cladocera Interest Group
- Key to Cladocera (in French)
- Freshwater Diatom Flora of Britain and Ireland
- YouTube Playlist of Aquatic Invertebrate Courses
- Beetles
- UK Beetle Recording
- Steven Falk Flickr Beetles
- Guides to British Beetles
- Mark Gurney Weevil Guides
- Mike's Insect Keys: British Beetles
- Richard Comont Blog
- Beetles Attracted to Light
- Dung Beetle UK Mapping Project
- Field Key to Soldier Beetles
- A guide to British soldier beetles
- Beetles of Britain and Ireland Facebook Group
- Weevils of Britain Facebook Group
- Longhorn Beetle Facebook Group
- Ladybirds of UK Facebook Group
- YouTube Playlist of Beetle Courses
- UK Glow Worm Survey
- Birds
- Bugs
- Butterflies
- Crickets and Grasshoppers
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Ferns and Flowering Plants
- BSBI Plant Identification Resources
- BSBI Flora Search
- BSBI Handbooks (ebooks)
- National Plant Monitoring Scheme Online Training
- Flora of East Anglia
- Ken's Keys
- British Wildflowers
- Wild Flower Finder
- Orchid Identification Guide
- Brambles of the British Isles
- Brambles Facebook Group
- Key to British and Irish Rubus Species (draft)
- Dandelions Facebook Group
- Key to British Carex
- Key to Groups of British Grasses
- Punch-card Key to Grasses
- Key to Vegetative Grasses
- British Trees
- Key to Urban Trees
- Conifers of Britain
- Fern ID
- Glamorgan Botany Facebook Group
- Monmouthshire Botany Facebook Group
- YouTube Playlist of Flowering Plant Courses
- YouTube Playlist of Lower Plant Courses
- Flies
- Dipterists Forum
- Dipterists Forum Facebook Group
- UK Diptera Facebook Group
- Steven Falk Flickr Diptera
- A Key To The Families Of British Diptera
- Mike's Insect Keys: British Diptera
- British Scathophagidae
- Craneflies of the World
- Cranefly Recording Scheme – Facebook
- Cranefly Recording Scheme Facebook Group
- Soldierflies and Allies
- British Soldierflies Facebook Group
- Tachinid Recording Scheme
- Tachinid Recording Scheme Facebook Group
- Horse Flies
- Conopids Facebook Group
- Blow Flies Facebook Group
- Flesh Flies Facebook Group
- UK Hoverflies Facebook Group
- Richard Comont Blog
- YouTube Playlist of Fly Courses
- Fungi and Slime Moulds
- Galls
- Lichens
- Liverworts and Mosses
- Mammals
- Marine Life (including fish)
- Sea Watch Foundation
- MarLIN
- Marine Species Identification Portal
- Encyclopedia of Marine Life
- Shark Trust Eggcase Hunt
- Echinoid Directory
- Sponges of Britain & Ireland
- British Marine Isopods
- Marine Isopod Recording Scheme
- British Marine Mollusca Facebook Group
- Identification Of Intertidal Polyzoa
- Jellyfish ID Card
- Key to Coastal Diatoms
- Key to Sea Spiders (Pycnogonids)
- A Guide To The British Coastal Mysidacea (Opposum Shrimps)
- Seasearch Identifications Facebook Group
- NMW Spotter Guides inc Seaweed and Seashells
- Key to Seaweed Genera
- Key to British Brown Seaweed
- Key to Red Seaweeds
- Diatom Flora
- Big Seaweed Search
- AlgaeVision
- Seaweeds Facebook Group
- Molluscs
- Moths
- Suffolk Moths
- Norfolk Moths
- Butterfly Conservation: Identify a Moth
- UK Moths
- What's Flying Tonight
- Moth Dissection Guide
- Moth Dissection
- Lepidoptera Dissection Group
- British Lepidoptera
- UK Leps
- British Phyllonorycter Key
- British Pugs Key
- Gelechiid Recording Scheme
- Common Micro-moths of Berkshire (free e-book)
- Illustrated Guide to British Caterpillars
- Caterpillars UK Facebook Group
- YouTube Playlist of Moth & Butterfly courses
- Non-Insect Invertebrates
- Bristletail.net
- British Myriapod and Isopod Group
- Introduction to the Identification of the Woodlice
- Isopods and Myriapods of Britain and Ireland Facebook Group
- Soil Biodiversity UK
- Soil Biodiversity UK Facebook Group
- Key to Cave Life in Britain
- YouTube Playlist of Invertebrate Courses
Springtails
- UK Collembola taxonomy and ecology
- Collembola.org
- Springtails of the Netherlands
- UK Collembola Facebook Group
Worms
- Small Insect Orders
- Mike's Insect Keys: Barkflies
- National Barkfly Recording Scheme
- Lacewings and Allies Recording Scheme
- Identification of Scorpion Flies
- Mike's Insect Keys: Thrips
- Thrips of the British Isles
Leafminers
- Spiders
- Spider Recording Scheme
- Families of British Spiders Key
- Steven Falk Flickr Arachnida
- Spiders of Europe
- Spiders of Belgium and France
- Spiders of North-West Europe
- World Spider Catalog
- British Spider Identification Facebook Group
- British Spiders Facebook Group
- Harvestmen of Norfolk
- Harvestmen of Britain and Ireland FSC Identikit
- Dutch Harvestmen
- Paul Richards Flickr UK Harvestmen
- UK Harvestman Facebook Group
- UK Pseudoscorpions
- Pseudoscorpions UK Facebook Group
- Ticks
- Bristol University Tick ID
- YouTube Playlist of Spider & Harvestman courses
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