# \#field-resources **URL:** https://forum.inaturalist.org/tag/field-resources/12.md [Latest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inaturalist.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inaturalist.org/tags.md) --- ## [Current or general favorite field guides?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/current-or-general-favorite-field-guides/656)
**Author:** [@mira\_l\_b](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mira_l_b)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/current-or-general-favorite-field-guides/656 "2026-07-28T19:18:30Z")
I thought it would be nice/interesting to see what the community’s current favorite field guides are. As an aspiring amateur generalist I have lots of field guides but I want to know, what’s on your bookshelf and gettin… --- ## [Observation frame to improve accuracy and to facilitate ID'ing](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-frame-to-improve-accuracy-and-to-facilitate-iding/81233)
**Author:** [@umuthasanoglu](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/umuthasanoglu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-frame-to-improve-accuracy-and-to-facilitate-iding/81233 "2026-07-07T12:00:22Z")
Hello all, this is my first post on the forum. Over the years by participating/facilitating bioblitz events or identifying species from web, I realized that the data we obtain for identification can be improved and made… --- ## [Urchin Barren Mapping](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urchin-barren-mapping/80575)
**Author:** [@DEA](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DEA)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urchin-barren-mapping/80575 "2026-06-29T09:35:20Z")
Hi iNaturalist community! I’m hoping the community here can help me with a very exciting project to help restore the kelp forest of Northern Norway! Urchin barrens/deserts have dominated northern Norway for decades now… --- ## [Cámaras profesionales para grabar fauna silvestre en 4k](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/camaras-profesionales-para-grabar-fauna-silvestre-en-4k/74683)
**Author:** [@Fran09952](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Fran09952)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/camaras-profesionales-para-grabar-fauna-silvestre-en-4k/74683 "2026-01-15T16:20:26Z")
¿Qué cámaras y lentes (modelos, tipos, etc.) son recomendadas para sacar fotos y grabar videos de naturaleza en general (especialmente aves) en alta calidad de video y Audio? Busco algo preferentemente de calidad profesi… --- ## [Your Nature camera](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-nature-camera/31631)
**Author:** [@hedgehog111](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/hedgehog111)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-nature-camera/31631 "2022-05-11T09:56:05Z")
These are some of the most common cameras out there. Lets see which one you use. poll Looking forward to seeing which one the most iNatters use. --- ## [Free butterfly book for Central Europe (pdf)](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/free-butterfly-book-for-central-europe-pdf/19346)
**Author:** [@optilete](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/optilete)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/free-butterfly-book-for-central-europe-pdf/19346 "2021-02-16T18:39:44Z")
CitaatWe hebben de veldgids voor dagvlinders van Peter Gergely nu gratis als pdf beschikbaar gemaakt. In mijn ogen is dit de beste vlindergids voor het grootste deel van Europa. Alleen het zuidwesten en hoge noorden sta… --- ## [A Field Guide to Invasive Alien Species in European Forests (2019, free online resource)](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-field-guide-to-invasive-alien-species-in-european-forests-2019-free-online-resource/8427)
**Author:** [@optilete](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/optilete)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-field-guide-to-invasive-alien-species-in-european-forests-2019-free-online-resource/8427 "2019-12-08T10:01:46Z")
https://www.tujerodne-vrste.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Field-Guide-Alien-species-in-European-Forests.pdf Made as part of the LIFE Artemis project, a Slovenian project that works on education about invasive exotic s… --- ## [A guide for Insecta Orders?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-guide-for-insecta-orders/3868)
**Author:** [@smashedfinger](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/smashedfinger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-guide-for-insecta-orders/3868 "2019-06-04T18:54:13Z")
Hello everyone! I was wondering if there was a resource in the “guides” section for identifying the various orders within Hexapoda, Insecta, and Pterygota. If not, is there one in progress? It would be very handy to peop…