Buglife's conservation work helps to save threatened bug populations, restore wildlife habitats and inform the public and decision-makers about why invertebrates matter. With over 40,000 species to look after it's a huge task, but we're committed to conserving the little things that run the world!
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Below you will see links to our current projects. These include delivering conservation action on neglected habitats such as
brownfields and
soft rock cliffs, working to improve habitats for
riverine flies and other
freshwater invertebrates, and carrying out wildlife surveys for wonderful (but disappearing) creatures such as
bumblebees and the
Scarlet malachite beetle. Click on a link below to find out more.
At any one time we also have a number of projects in development - if you would like to help make these happen please contact us.
What you can do
Whether you feel passionately about bugs or simply would like to make a difference for the environment, there are lots of things you can do to help bugs and wildlife. Please click here to find out more about how you can get involved.
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Big Bumblebee Hunt To raise public awareness of bumblebees and the importance that gardens, brownfield sites and other urban areas can have for them Buglife is launching the London and Essex Bumblebee Hunt in 2007 to encourage large numbers of people to look for and count bumblebees in their local open spaces, as part of the ‘All of a Buzz in the Thames Gateway’ project.
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Canvey Island - Britain's Rain Forest Project: All of a Buzz in Canvey Island - Buglife is working to raise the profile of brownfield habitats, both as a resource for people and for nature, through engaging the local community in this amazing site and its wildlife.
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Freshwater Invertebrates International and national statutes and current UK policy initiatives provide the context for this strategy. As part of this programme Buglife will be carrying out extensive research into the ecology of ditch systems.
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Minibeast Roadshow This exciting new project is taking minibeasts directly to school children, and giving them the opportunity to learn more about our native beasties.
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Action for Invertebrates Buglife is working with partner organisations to understand and conserve several species of threatened invertebrates that might otherwise be neglected.
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Sandy River Flies Sandy rivers are a surprisingly rich but neglected habitat.
At first glance the banks and islands of bare stones and sand that skirt river edges appear to be devoid of life, however closer inspection reveals them to be rich in rare flies and beetles.
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Conserving Rosser's Sac Spider This project will help to conserve one of the UK's rarest and most elusive spiders, known from only two sites in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
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