Skip to content
  • Phone Us 01743 852100
  • Basket
  • Login
  • Search
Field Studies Council
  • About Us
  • Courses and Experiences
  • Resources
  • Centres
  • Shop
  • Work with us
  • Contact Us
  • Charity

Fun and Easy Insect Spotting!

Use our free printable download to encourage children outdoors with a fun and easy way to record what they see! Each sheet includes the basic shapes and features of insects you are very likely to see in most green spaces, parks or gardens. To delve a little deeper, check out the guides below.

Download your printable spotter’s sheet
Ladybirds Guide

The Ladybirds identification guide covers the adults of 26 species in Britain and Ireland.

Buy the ladybird guide

Butterfly o a flower
British Butterflies Guide

60 wild butterflies found in Britain and Ireland. Our UK Butterfly chart consists of 8 fold-out pages featuring full-colour illustrations

Buy the butterfly guide

British Bees Guide

A colourful and informative fold-out bee identification chart, featuring 28 species of bees found in gardens in Britain and Ireland.

Buy the British bee guide

A dragonfly on a plant
Dragonfly Guide

Features adults of 26 dragonfly species and 20 damselfly species with beautiful life-size colour paintings.

Buy the dragonfly guide

Garden Bugs and Beasties Guide

From shieldbugs to spiders, from froghoppers to flower beetles, this guide features the commonest minibeasts you will find in a garden.

Buy the Garden Bugs Guide

Download your printable spotters sheets

Add your own drawings, notes and scribbles to the printable sheets to start learning what lurks in your lawn, rests in your roses, and slithers down the stems of your plants!

How we are run
  • Annual Reports
  • Governance and Trustees
  • Our Commitment to the Environment
  • Data Protection
  • Customer Information
  • Health and Safety Policy Summary Statement
  • Gender Pay Gap
  • Anti-slavery and human trafficking policy
Centres
  • FSC Amersham
  • FSC Birmingham
  • FSC Bishops Wood
  • FSC Blencathra
  • FSC Castle Head
  • FSC Dale Fort
  • FSC Epping Forest
  • FSC Flatford Mill
  • FSC Juniper Hall
  • FSC London: Beckenham Place Park
  • FSC London: Bushy Park
  • FSC London: Greenwich Park
  • FSC London: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
  • FSC London: The Regent’s Park
  • FSC London: Urban Sites
  • FSC Margam Discovery Centre
  • FSC Millport
  • FSC Nettlecombe Court
  • FSC Preston Montford
  • FSC Rhyd-y-creuau
  • FSC Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve
  • FSC Virtual
  • Slapton Ley
  • Start Bay
Find out about
  • Publications Delivery and Refund Information
  • Sign up to our Email Newsletter
  • Nature Gifts for Wildlife Lovers – Wildlife Gifts & Christmas Cards
  • Trade information for retailers
  • Bursaries for Natural History courses
  • Course Level Descriptions
  • Field Studies Journal
  • Geography Fieldwork
  • Biology Fieldwork
  • FSC's COVID-19 Resources and Ideas
  • Moodle FAQ's
  • Careers
  • Jobs at the Field Studies Council – Join Our Team
  • Sign up to our Email Newsletter
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

First Hand Experiences in the Outdoors

Carbon Trust Standard Logo Carbon Trust Standard Logo Armed forces Logo Investors in People Logo

Field Studies Council is a Company Limited By Guarantee, reg. England and Wales No.412621, and a Charity No.313364 in England & Wales, and SC039870 in Scotland.

Registered Office: Preston Montford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1HW