National Biodiversity Network State of Nature 2019
General wildlife ID
- British Naturalists Association A variety of free ID guides
- Discover the Wild Very useful ID posters
- Nature Spot A photographic library of species identified in Leicestershire and Rutland
- First Nature A variety of free ID guides
- Discover wildlife A variety of ID guides from the team at BBC Wildlife Magazine
- Nature’s calendar A Woodland Trust timeline of when species can be seen throughout the year
Marine species
- The marine life information network Information on habitats and species
- DASSH An archive for marine species and habitats data
- The Shores of South Devon A local group
- Rockpool species identification poster
Birds
- xeno-canto A database of bird calls
- British-birdsongs Bird calls
- Birdsong Lessons with Lucy Lapwing (YouTube)
- Guess the bird 30 bird calls for practice (YouTube)
- RSPB Bird ID guide
- The Devon house martin project
- Teign Birds A blog about bird sightings on the Teign
- The Barn Owl Trust
Fish
- Salmon and Trout Conservation Information about Atlantic Salmon and sea trout
- The Atlantic Salmon Trust Information about Atlantic salmon and sea trout
- Wild Trout Trust Information about all species of trout
Ancient Woodland Indicator Plants
- Table of Ancient Woodland Indicator Plants (AWIs) (pdf)
- Ancient Woodland Indicator species list Be careful, as not all of these species are AWIs in Devon
Flowering plants
- Buglife guide to ragwort (pdf)
- Grasses ID for Beginners (YouTube)
- The Wildlife Trusts Grasses, sedges and rushes
- FSC Key to groups of British grasses
- Identifying Woodland Plants (YouTube)
- Orchid ID guide (pdf)
- Vegetative ID guide to orchids (pdf)
- 12 Spring Wildflowers You should Know (YouTube)
- Plantlife A wide variety of videos, including plant ID and habitat creation (Youtube)
- Plantlife Seasonal spotter sheets
- Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Monthly wildflower spotter sheets
- Wildflowers in Dawlish Apr-May ID chart (pdf)
Foraging guides
- Wild Food UK Hedgerow plant identification guides and information about foraging
- Totally Wild UK Identification guides and information about foraging
- Wild Plant Guides Includes an interesting list of poisonous plants
Lower plants/spore plants (mosses and ferns)
- Plantlife Mosses and liverworts of Atlantic Woodlands in Southwest England
- Plantlife Ferns of Atlantic Woodland
Trees
- OPAL Tree identification guide (pdf)
- Woodland Trust AZ Guide on British trees
- Tree bud ID poster
- Forest research Information about Veteran Trees
Fungi
- Discover the Wild AZ guide
- Devon Fungus Group
- Grow Wild Fungi Resource Page
- Totally Wild UK Identification guides and information about foraging
- Wild Food UK Mushroom identification guides and information about foraging
- Plantlife Waxcaps and grassland fungi
- Discover Wildlife How to identify British Woodland fungi
Invertebrates
Freshwater invertebrates
- Freshwater Habitats Trust For freshwater invertebrates
Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Guides to British beetles by John Walters (A local naturalist)
- UK Beetles Comprehensive guide to UK beetles
- Buglife Oil Beetles
True bugs (Hemiptera)
- British bugs Comprehensive guide to UK bugs (true bugs/hemiptera)
Bees, wasps, ants (Hymenoptera)
- ID guide to bees found in Buckfastleigh by Be Buckfastleigh. Page 1 and page 2
- Bumblebee Conservation ID guide
- Wild Ideas For all things to do with bumblebees
- DWT talk on the plight of the bumblebee (YouTube)
Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera)
- Butterfly Conservation Butterflies
- Butterfly Conservation Identify white butterflies
- UK Butterflies Larval foodplant list
- Butterfly Conservation Moths
- Discover the Wild A-Z guide to moths
- Devon Moth Group
- Atropos Moth catching techniques
Snails and slugs (mollusca)
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)
- Dragonfly Society Identification help
Lichens
- APIS Monitoring air quality using lichens
Mammals
- Devon Mammal Group
- Mammal Society Guide to UK mammals
- Vincent Wildlife Trust Information on native mammal species
- PTES Information on hazel dormice, hedgehogs and water voles
- PTES UK mammal projects
- PTES State of Britain’s dormice in 2019 (pdf)
- The dormouse conservation handbook (pdf)
- Using footprint tracking tunnels for detecting dormice (pdf)
- Talk on dormouse hibernation (YouTube)
- How to find Harvest Mouse Nests (YouTube)
- BioBlitzr Bat Echolocation Key
- The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project
Reptiles and Amphibians
- Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
- Devon Reptile and Amphibian Group
- The Freshwater Habitats Trust Amphibian ID guide (pdf)
- Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Amphibian ID guide (pdf)
- Countryfile Frogspawn and toad spawn guide