THE SITES BELOW MAY BE HELPFUL
The links below are in the order they have been added to Loose and Leafy so it's easy to see what's new.
The links below are in the order they have been added to Loose and Leafy so it's easy to see what's new.
PLANT LIFE
UK LADYBIRD SURVEY
CIRCUS OF THE SPINELESS
ISPOT
TREEBLOGGING
NATURE BLOG NETWORK
BLOTANICAL
GARDEN SAFARI
BUGS IN THE GARDEN
BRITISH BUGS
UK AND EIRE NATURAL HISTORY BLOGGERS
ALAN SILVERSIDE'S LICHEN PAGES
BRITISH ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY (For a bit of spider browsing.)
IDENTIFY SPIDERS BY THEIR (very small!) PICTURES (Spiders and Harvestmen Recording Scheme)
BRITISH HOVERFLIES
DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSEL FLIES
BUGLIFE - THE INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION TRUST
UK BUTTERFLIES
LEARN ABOUT BUTTERFLIES
THE POISON GARDEN
LICHEN VOCABULARY (a page from LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA)
BIOLIB (BIOLAB)
HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LICHEN, ALGAE AND MOULDS (in Scottish graveyards)
GARDEN SNAILS - A GALLERY ON BUG BLOG
KEY TO THE SNAILS OF THE BRISTOL REGION
HOW TO IDENTIFY TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS (USA)
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO SOME OF THE COMMON TYPES OF FUNGI - (part of the AMANITA PHOTO LIBRBARY)
VISUAL FUNGI
EARTHFAST IMAGES (Roger Butterfield's Fungi Photos)
ROYAL FORESTRY SOCIETY - lots of information about trees
WOODLAND TRUST
GRASSLANDS TRUST
ROGER BUTTERFIELD'S FUNGI PHOTOS
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION (INCLUDING MOTHS!) - NEWS, INFO. AND IDs
MOTHS 2014 - BSG ECOLOLOGY
NATURE GATE
WILD FLOWER FINDER
MUSHROOM COLLECTING IN NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN CANADA
MUSHROOM PICKERS ON YANDEX
PLANT CRIB ON DANDELIONS
THE DANDELIONS OF CARDIFF
ID-ing BEES, WASPS AND ANTS - Bees, Wasps Ants Recording Society
APHOTOFUNGI - The fungi of South West England, especially Devon and Cornwall.
BOMENGIDS (Dutch Tree Guide)
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION, SUSSEX BRANCH
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION - DORSET BRANCH
IDENTIFY YOUR BLUEBELLS
BUG GUIDE
ESTIMATING THE AGE OF A VETERAN TREE BY ITS GIRTH - (By Wokingham District Veteran Tree Association)
RECORD POOL - RECORDING REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS IN UK
BIOBLITZ - RECORDING GARDEN WILDLIFE
AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION - INCLUDING DOWNLOADABLE ID GUIDE
DRAGONS IN YOUR GARDEN - How to encourage reptiles and amphibians. (Downloadable.) (Also from the ARCT.)
AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE GROUPS OF THE UK
BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST - ID PAGE
HOME PAGE - BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST
EDIBLE WILD FOOD - (I don't know enough to say how accurate the info. on this site is regarding what is edible and what is not - but it has clear pictures and descriptions.)
BRITISH BUTTERFLIES
SEDUMS (Rebecca's Bird Gardens)
NATURE SPOT
BRITISH BUGS (Shield Bugs and Co.)
THE LIFE CYCLE OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
PARACITISING WASPS IN THE UK Ed Philips' Wildlife Photos Blog. Where there's uncertainty it's indicated.
DRAGONFLY IMAGES (CHRIS BROOKS PHOTOGRAPHY)
SPIDERS IN THE NETHERLANDS - downloadable PDF - from Zoekkaarten Natuur van Nederland
GUIDES AND INFORMATION ON THE DAVE'S GARDEN SITE -Plants, insects, gardens, birds . . .
USEFUL LIST OF BOTANICAL LATIN DESCRIPTIONS on The Seed Site
FLORA OF THE NETHERLANDS - Video ID guides with English Voice-overs
SHELL GUIDE ( from NBN - National BioDiversity Network)
A GUIDE TO TREE IDENTIFICATION - on Woodlands.co.uk - a site where you can buy woodland!
NATURE GUIDE UK
iNATURALIST
BIRD LIBRARY - An illustrated list of some common British birds. (Page on Vine House Farm site selling seed etc. for wild birds.)
AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES - Pictorial guide to UK amphibians and reptiles. On the Froglife site.
ALL ABOUT HOVERFLIES - Including diagram of body parts. This is on the Microscopy site - which includes a 'POND LIFE IDENTIFICATION KIT'.
WHAT IS THAT INSECT? - On site of the Royal Entomological Society
MIRODON EQUESTRIS (NARCISSUS BULB FLY) - On Pacific Bulb Society site.
BUG GUIDE.NET - Iowa State University Department of Entymology
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - DRAGISA SAVIC (Serbia) - Large collection of clear photographs with IDs - flora, fauna, fungi of the kind you may not find elsewhere. A good place for rusts and lichens. Take time for an eye-opening browse.
IAN BEAVIS ON FLICKR - Photo Gallery with IDs of insects, amphibians etc. . .
SLUG IDENTIFICATION GUIDE (PHOTO GALLERY)
SLUGWATCH
GALL GALLERY - On the site BRITISH NATURE - AN INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO THE WILDLIFE OF BRITAIN (Wonderfully straightforward name and description!)
INSECTS - The Microsculpture of Levon Biss.
UK Moths
U.S. WILDFLOWER JOURNAL - A plant a day.
And WILDFLOWERS OF THE UNITED STATES - Massive index with photos.
PLANT AND FUNGI SPECIES - an alphabetical list on the Plantlife Site
FIRST NATURE - Trees, fish, flowers, fungi etc.
Downloadable field guides - WOODLAND PESTS AND DISEASES - On OBSERVATREE site - monitoring tree health.
WORMS
IDENTIFYING EARTHWORMS - On Wormwatch
GLOSSARY - On Wormwatch
EARTHWORM RECORDERS HANDBOOK (DOWNLOAD) - FROM THE EARTHWORM SOCIETY OF BRITAIN
DOWNLOADABLE GLOSSARY - Can't work out the source for this. Perhaps site has expired but download still available?
IDENTIFYING HAIRY CATERPILLARS - On Wildlife Insight site.
COMMON CATERPILLARS: A SIMPLE GUIDE - On Country Life site. There aren't many caterpillars in the list but the nice thing is that the photographs show caterpillars butterflies or moths they will become, side by side.
FEATHERBASE - the feathers of lots of birds all neatly laid out.
HONEYDEW on Wickipedia
ABOUT THE COMMON SYCAMORE APHID - 'Identification of Aphids' section of the 'Influential Points' site.
IDENTIFY THE MOST COMMONLY SEEN BRITISH APHIDS - on the same site.
IDENTIFICATION OF APHIDS - on the same site
WEEVILS - Mark Gurney's Album on flickr (Beautiful to browse even when you don't have a weevil to ID!)
DUNG BEETLES UK MAPPING PROJECT - See the side column on the home page for 'Find, Identify and Record Dung Beetles.
WEEVILS - Mark Gurney's Album on flickr (Beautiful to browse even when you don't have a weevil to ID!)
DUNG BEETLES UK MAPPING PROJECT - See the side column on the home page for 'Find, Identify and Record Dung Beetles.