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Leicestershire and Rutland ID Guides
These identification guides feature local wildlife species that are all relatively common, easily seen and readily identified.
You can view the guides on-screen or download and print the guides if you wish.
If you have seen a species not featured on one of these guides then visit the NatureSpot galleries to see images of nearly all Leicestershire and Rutland wildlife.
Birds, Mammals & Amphibians
Amphibians of Leicestershire and Rutland
No such thing as a seagull - guide to gulls
Insects
Hidden Wildlife - Common Leafmines
Common Dragonflies and Damselflies
ID Guide to Common Grasshoppers
How to Identify Common Bumblebees
Wildlife on road verges - training video
Other Invertebrates
Wildflowers, Grasses, Trees & Fungi
Common Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Grasses on road verges - training video
Wildflowers on road verges ID - training video
Wildflowers on Lawns and Mown Verges
Common Hedgerow Trees & Shrubs
Hedgerow identification and management - training video
Hedge species ID - simple key to most Leicestershire hedge species
Hedge species ID illustrated - simple key to most Leicestershire hedge species with images
What lives on.... Common Alder
Common Lichens on Smooth-barked Tree Trunks
Wild Place Guides
Newtown Linford, Markfield Lane Verge
Newtown Linford, Groby Road Verge
East Goscote, Long Furrow Verge
Mountsorrel, Granite Way Verge
North Kilworth, Station Road Verge
North Kilworth, Lutterworth Road Verge
Quorn, Loughborough Road Verge
Ashby, Lower Packington Road Verge