Fly with hairy back ID

[JRsbugs]

This site has some good references too, including the 2nd edition of the book Laurence mentioned.

Flies (Order: Diptera) - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)

[JRsbugs]

I found one if you don't mind the price tag of £65 +p&P, but it was an editorial copy.

COLYER, CHARLES N. - Flies of the British Isles - Wayside & Woodland Series

Here it is online from the seller, same book

Natural History

5 on Amazon with one in the UK,

Amazon.com: Used and New: Flies of the British Isles (The Wayside and woodland series)

A lot on Abe Books!

Flies of the British Isles: Warne - AbeBooks

[DaiTheDragon]

Thank you JR. I can't afford that book at the moment so will find something else. What I intend doing in the meantime is making a database with photographs and information from the web.
Again thank you.
Dai

[JRsbugs]

Originally Posted by DaiTheDragon

Thank you JR. I can't afford that book at the moment so will find something else. What I intend doing in the meantime is making a database with photographs and information from the web.
Again thank you.
Dai

Yes that's what I do, I wouldn't like to cough up that amount either!

There's one for £15 which sounds reasonably good for starters but I haven't got it, it's more about collecting but has a key to families.

A Dipterist's Handbook - £15.00 - Online shop - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)

[Laurence Clemons]

A Dipterist's Handbook does not have any pictures of flies (or of much else, really). It has a lot about habitats and associations with other organisms.