ID resources
There is a growing volume of high quality and reliable identification guides available. Whilst some are in printed form many others are available free on the internet. These pages offer a guide to what we think are the best ID guides around and also offer other tips and pointers if you want to record species in these groups.
- Birds
- Mammals
- Amphibians & Reptiles
- Fish
- Butterflies
- Moths
- Caterpillars
- Leafmines
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Beetles
- Bugs
- Bees and Wasps
- Ants
- Sawflies
- Craneflies
- Hoverflies
- Flies
- Barklice and Booklice
- Grasshoppers and Crickets
- Earwigs
- Mayflies
- Caddisflies
- Lacewings and Scorpionflies
- Stoneflies
- Springtails and Bristletails
- Spiders
- Harvestmen
- Centipedes and Millipedes
- Woodlice and Crustaceans
- Slugs and Snails
- Worms
- Flowering plants(inc. Grasses)
- Mosses and Liverworts
- Galls
- Fungi
- Lichens