Latest Blog Posts

Just Add Water

… a blog by Craig Macadam, Conservation Director at Buglife. It might not look like much but the handful of sediment in my hand probably contains 50 or so eggs...

09/07/2024

The Long-horned Bee, a Victim of Changing Times

… a blog written by Kernow Wyls – People for Pollinators Conservation Officer, Scott Martin, and Life on the Edge Conservation Officer, Sam Skevington. As the rolling emerald hills of...

02/07/2024

Plant hunting in South Essex

… a guest blog by Dr Chris Gibson, Co-author of British & Irish Wildflowers and Plants: A Pocket Guide, who recently led a Wildflower Walk at Canvey Wick. As a...

21/06/2024

Nature’s Night Lights

…a blog written by David Smith, Buglife’s Social Change and Advocacy Officer. Hands up those that watched the Northern Lights dance across the sky earlier this month? In May 2024,...

30/05/2024

Space4Nature: Satellites, AI… and Hand Lenses

A guest blog by Surrey Wildlife Trust, originally written for Surrey Nature Magazine, Issue 188, Spring 2024. As the pioneering Space4Nature project reaches its halfway point, we check in with...

12/04/2024

The Rivers Wild

To celebrate World Aquatic Animals Day and shine a light on the work being carried out to restore river systems in the UK, we are sharing a guest blog...

03/04/2024

How can the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species help reverse invertebrate declines?

…a blog written by David Smith, Buglife’s Social Change and Advocacy Officer COP14 concluded in Uzbekistan this month with some key outcomes for nature. The COP (Conference of Parties) was...

29/02/2024

The one year anniversary of the Great Britain Non-native Species Strategy

…a blog co-written by David Smith, Buglife’s Social Change and Advocacy Officer, and Lisa Manning, Wildlife and Countryside Link’s Nature 2030 Policy and Engagement Officer. Originally written for Wildlife and...

27/02/2024

Meeting Sally…

…a blog written by Sarah Hawkes. Buglife’s Natur am Byth! Scarce Yellow Sally Project Officer. Scarce Yellow Sally is a stonefly measuring around 14-20mm long that was thought to be...

21/02/2024

Cwrdd ag Isogenus nebucula …

…Ymunwch ag Sarah Hawkes, Swyddog Prosiect Isogenus nebucula Natur am Byth Buglife, yn ein blog diweddaraf. Pryf y cerrig sy’n mesur tua 14-20mm o hyd yw’r Isogenus nebucula (scarce yellow...

21/02/2024