Guide to Online Wildlife Identification Guides
Plants and Trees
Native
British Trees
Guide to the 33 British Native tree species, with photographs.
Provided by the Woodland Trust. British
Trees Guide.
Britain's
Orchids
A fully interactive, searchable version of the book Britain's Orchids
by David Lang, published jointly by WILDGuides
and English
Nature. A fabulous resource, with detailed species accounts,
habitat information and further hughly relevant chapters. Britain's
Orchids Guide.
Postcode
plants Database
The Flora for Fauna database generates lists of native plants for
any specified postal district in the UK to encourage gardeners and
other horticulturalists to plant the native trees, shrubs and flowers
that are local to their areas. Postcode
Plants Database website.
A Guide to Lichens on Twigs (Natural
History Museum)
A user-friendly guide to over 60 lichens which can be found growing
on twigs. With its help you will find identification of these unique
organisms easy and fun. Lichens on twigs website.
Algae Vision
A collection of images of freshwater and terrestrial algae of the
United Kingdom originating from a collaborative project between
The British Phycological Society and the Natural History Museum,
London. Algae Vision website.
Birds
RSPB
Bird Guide
An introduction to UK bird species plus some introduced species
which are thriving in the UK. Includes help with identification,
breeding information and details about their lifestyle and feeding
habits. RSPB
A-Z of Birds.
British Garden Birds
An excellent guide to some of the UK's most regularly seen bird species, with calls, photographs and more. British Garden Birds.
Insects
The Cockayne Collection: British &
Irish Butterflies and Moths
The Cockayne Trust, in collaboration with The Natural History Museum,
aims to provide free access to a comprehensive atlas of British
butterflies and moths, illustrating all native and introduced species
and their variation. Cockayne
Collection website.
UK Moths
The aim of this site is to illustrate as many species of British
moths as possible and to provide this information in an accessible
format. UK Moths
website.
What's this caterpillar?
This site features over 800 caterpillars of Britain & Europe.
If you have found a caterpillar but can't identify it, this is your
first port of call! Identify caterpillars by the plant you found
it on or by description, whether it is hairy or smooth, with antlers
or just slug-like. Colour images (plates) of caterpillars will help
to identify them. What's
this caterpillar? website.
British Butterflies
A beautifully produced guide with a large range of excellent photos
and species information. British
Butterflies website.
British Bumblebee Identification Guide
Interactive tool to identify the 25 British bumblebee species. Find
out more about your bee, including species characteristics, habitat
and distribution. British
Bumblebee Identification Guide website.
UK Bumblebee Colour Groups
A simple diagram to help group bumblebees according to their colour, provided by Rothamstead Research. UK Bumblebee Colour Groups.
Wild Guide UK
Contains high quality photographs of insects including Orthoptera,
Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera. The pictures are displayed in
such a way that they can be compared and used for identification. Wild Guide
UK website.
Back Garden Moths
Search their species databases for UK moths and butterflies. Includes
photos, basic species information and sightings.
Back
Garden Moths website.
Common Garden Spiders
A resource guide provided by the British Arachnological Society to the spiders most often seen in gardens. Common Garden Spiders.
Miscellaneous
Cetacean
Species Identification Guide
A guide to common whale and dolphin species in the UK, as well as
rare and infrequent visitors provided by Sea Watch Foundation. Cetacean
Species ID Guide.
Bioimages Virtual Fieldguide
Offers a large selection of pictures of Natural History objects,
mostly British in origin. The images are presented to illustrate
biodiversity and as an aid to identification. Bioimages
Virtual Fieldguide website.
Nature Navigator
A guide to British Wildlife by the Natural History Museum which
provides a single access point to information on more than 8,000
of the best-known species that occur in Britain. Nature
Navigator website.
Common British Garden Molluscs
Provided by the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland,
this key can help you identify snails ands slugs found in the UK.
(Free registration is required before you can use the key)
Identification
of Common British Garden Molluscs
A simple guide to small and microscopic pond
life
A basic but illuminating guide to some of the smaller pond life, including a "virtual pond dip". Good for children. Guide to Small and Microscopic Pond Life.
Scottish
Executive Environment Statistics including
latest version of Key Scottish Environment Statistics.
|
