Books and ID guides

• RSPB Handbook of the Seashore. Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2013.

• Sea Shore of Britan and Northern Europe. Collins Pocket Guide, 1996 (out of print, but can be found online and in second hand bookshops).

• Field Studies Council produces a comprehensive series of fold-out Wild ID Guides (see Websites below).

Websites

• Gwent Wildlife Trust:
  www.gwentwildlife.org

• South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre (SEWBReC):
  www.sewbrecord.org.uk

• Field Studies Council (Wild ID Guides and courses):
  www.field-studies-council.org

• Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland:
  www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife

• National Biodiversity Network Trust has a range of online tools, resources and publications, including The Darwin Guide to Recording Wildlife:
  www.nbn.org.uk/tools-and-resources/

• iRecord collects and checks wildlife records:
  www.irecord.org.uk

• iSpot is a free service allowing users to upload and identify wildlife observations:
  www.ispotnature.org

• iNaturalist is a collaboration between the National Biodiversity Network (NBN), the Marine Biological Association and the Biological Records Centre:
  uk.inaturalist.org

• The Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN):
  www.marlin.ac.uk

Mobile phone Apps

• The Saltmarsh App features common saltmarsh plants, invertebrates and birds. Data submitted through the app is used by the Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) research project.

• iNaturalist and iRecord are available as phone apps.

• There are many free and paid wildlife ID apps, such as Merlin Bird ID, PlantNet, and Seek.

Equipment

• NHBS stocks a wide range of wildlife recording equipment, such as hand lenses, nets, and books:
  www.nhbs.com