Wildlife identification guides
Spotted something and want to know what it is? These UK-focused guides use clear field marks, comparison tables, and plain descriptions to help you name what you found.
British Butterflies
Identify the UK's common garden butterflies by colour, markings, and season
Covered: Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone
Open guideUK Caterpillars
Identify caterpillars by colour, hairs, spines, and host plant — with safety notes
Covered: Cinnabar, Peacock, Elephant Hawk-moth, Oak Processionary
Open guideUK Woodpeckers
Tell apart the three British woodpecker species by markings and behaviour
Covered: Great Spotted, Lesser Spotted, Green
Open guideUK Birds of Prey
Identify raptors by wing shape, flight style, and habitat
Covered: Buzzard, Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine
Open guideUK Crows & Corvids
Tell apart the UK's corvid family: crow, rook, jackdaw, magpie, jay, and raven
Covered: Carrion Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay, Raven
Open guideWhat Sound Does a Fox Make?
Identify fox calls by ear — the scream, the bark, and the 'gekker', and when you hear them
Covered: Vixen's scream, contact bark, gekker chatter
Open guideHow to use these guides
Each guide focuses on a handful of distinguishing features — the marks, colours, shapes, or behaviours that separate similar-looking species. When you spot a new animal, note the overall colour, any distinctive markings, size relative to something familiar (a pigeon, a robin, your hand), where you saw it, and what it was doing. Those four details are usually enough to narrow it to one or two species.