Identification guides
Click on the links below to find resources to help you identify species:
- BSBI online botanical key
An online guide to help you identify plants
- RSPB Bird Identifier
This handy tool will suggest species based on information that you enter such as size, habitat or colour
- Identify a butterfly or identify a moth
Useful ID tools from Butterfly Conservation
- Field Studies Council ID Signpost
This website has links to some great resources to help you identify and record wildlife, many of them online or free to download
- iSpot
An online nature community that connects beginners with experts and fellow enthusiasts, run by the Open University
- Oxfordshire Mammal Guide
A guide to the identification and distribution of mammals in Oxfordshire
- Reading University Identification Guides
A collection of basic identification aids for a wide range of organisms groups.
- Species Recovery Trust
This website has a collection links and videos to help with plant identification.