Resources

Contact details for Herefordshire's current County Recorders, plus taxon experts in some groups the county doesn't currently have County Recorders for.

A very helpful comparison of all the main recording apps out there, put together by our colleagues at Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL). Includes info on identification and verification processes, data flow and licensing, among other things.

Published by Resources for Change and funded by the Heritage Lottery, this gives a breakdown of what HBRC and CLaN CIC achieved in just over 2 years.

Liam Olds' presentation from May 2023.

Can't find what you are looking for - try the Field Studies Councils Biolinks Resource Finder. It is a vast compendium - you might get lost in it, beware!

Put together by the Herefordshire Bat Research Group, this is the 2nd edition and is an invaluable resource for any bat enthusiast in the county.

This is a checklist for VC36 which is ordered by family and includes notes on conservation concern. Many thanks to Ian Draycott for compiling this.

An introduction to recording Diptera in Herefordshire.

Fill this form in with your records and email it back to us!

How to identify common garden birds, from The Wildlife Trusts.

A list of native amphibian and reptile species in the UK from the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust.

Identification help from the British Dragonfly Society.

Species accounts from Grasshoppers and Related Insects Recording Scheme.

An online identification guide to UK Hemiptera.

A gallery from UK Butterflies, a community of responsible butterfly enthusiasts in Britain & Ireland.

An online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

A gallery of families in the dipteran sub-orders Brachycera and Cyclorrhapha from NatureSpot.

A categorised gallery from BWARS.

The most recent checklist of beetles of the British Isles includes 4072 species in 103 families, listed in taxonomic order.

A categorised identification gallery from the British Myriapod and Isopod Group.

A full Mammal species hub from The Mammal Society.

Wondering how to work out a grid reference - this handy guide tells you how.

Dave Taft has kindly allowed his talk on plant galls to be shared here.

We haven't got a comprehensive modern guide yet but this and the Facebook site are an excellent resource.

Guide to identification of the scorpion flies of Worcestershire (our neighbouring county), written by Mike Averill.

More information about HBRC, how to make a biological record, and information about local recording groups.

A handy interactive tool for identifying waxcap fungi, created by Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre.

Harvestmen of Britain and Ireland - an interactive guide from the Field Studies Council.

There are over 7000 fly species in the UK. This is a great place to start!

Overwhelmed by how many mosses and liverworts there are? Start with these few courtesy of bryophyte expert Ian Draycott.

A whole catalogue of resources to peruse - well worth a look.

A copy of the talk given by bryophyte expert Ian Draycott.

A resource file from Sam Devine-Turner with lots of information.

Liam Olds' presentation on nesting, foraging, parasites and predators.

This is a provisional checklist for VC36 which is ordered by family and includes notes on conservation concern. Thanks to Ian Draycott for compiling this.

Liam Olds' presentation from May 2023.