Accessibility Links

  • Skip to Main Content
  • Skip to Main Navigation
  • Skip to Footer
About BBC Wildlife Contact us Competitions
Sign In Register
Sign In Register
Settings Sign out
My account

From the team at BBC Wildlife Magazine

Subscribe
    Subscribe
    Animals
    Animals
    View all Animals
    Animal ID
    Quizzes
    Amphibians
    Birds
    Fish
    Insects & Invertebrates
    Mammals
    Marine animals
    Reptiles
    Plants
    Plants
    View all Plants
    Plant ID
    Quizzes
    Flowers
    Trees
    Fungi
    Water Plants
    Wildlife Garden
    Holidays & Days Out
    Holidays & Days Out
    View all Holidays & Days Out
    UK
    Africa
    Antarctica
    Asia
    Europe
    North America
    South America
    Oceania
    Reader Holidays
    Travel planner
    How To
    How To
    View all How To
    Identify Wildlife
    Make Things
    Watch Wildlife
    Photograph Wildlife
    Wildlife Gardening
    People & Wildlife
    People & Wildlife
    View all People & Wildlife
    Meet The Scientist
    Tales from the Bush
    Volunteers
    Wildlife Champion
    Galleries
    About BBC Wildlife
    Contact us
    Competitions
    1. Home
    2. How To
    3. Identify Wildlife

    Identify Wildlife

    Brown rat. © Mike Lane/Getty
    Identify Wildlife

    How to tell the difference between a brown rat and a water vole

    Common frog © Mike Lane / Getty
    Identify Wildlife

    How to tell the difference between a common frog and a common toad

    Woman smells wild flowers © Matthew Roberts
    News

    Why nature is good for our health

    Advertisement
    great-grey-slug_Felicity-Rose-Cole--67f8453
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify slugs and snails

    Ash tree bark
    Plant ID

    How to identify a tree by its bark

    iStock_000050296406_Medium_623-7903edc
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify wildlife feeding signs

    purple-larver_Dan-Cole_The-Art-Agency-08ad087
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify seaweed

    © Sandra Doyle/The Art Agency
    Identify Wildlife

    9 UK household spiders and webs for you to spot

    bean-galls_Felicity-Rose-Cole_623-8128005
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify plant galls

    Advertisement
    yellow-warbler-Felicity-Rose-Cole--912c712
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify birds on the move in autumn

    long-spined-sea-scorpion-Dan-Cole-The-Art-Agency-6b5f6cc
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify rockpool wildlife

    Large white caterpillar
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify common British caterpillars

    All illustrations by Mike Langman
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify moulting ducks

    syrphusribesii__FelicityRoseCole_623-9573f89
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify hoverflies

    Red valerian growing at Port Isaac in Cornwall, UK. © Getty
    Identify Wildlife

    How to identify non-native summer flowers

    • Prev
    • Page 1
    • Page 3
    • You're currently on page 4
    • Page 5
    • Page 6
    • Next

    Want to be updated when there is Discover Wildlife news?

    Sign up to receive our newsletter!

    Thanks! You're now subscribed to our newsletter.

    Already have an account with us? Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences

    Sign in
    Register

    By entering your details, you are agreeing to Discover Wildlife terms and conditions and privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time.

    Site footer

    • Visit us on Facebook
    • Visit us on Twitter
    • Visit us on Instagram
    • Subscribe to our RSS feed
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookies Policy
    • Code of conduct
    • Licensing
    • Subscription
    • Find Us
    • Manage cookies
    Immediate Media
    BBC Wildlife magazine is published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios, which helps fund new BBC programmes. © Immediate Media Company Ltd 2021.
    Partner logo