Latest Blog Posts

…blog by David Smith, Buglife Advocacy and Social Change Officer. Before I started working for Buglife I had no knowledge of terrestrial flatworms, nor the impacts non-native species might have...

19/05/2022

…blog by David Smith, Buglife Advocacy and Social Change Officer. Today is World Migratory Bird Day and this year’s theme is light pollution, something we have spoken a lot about...

14/05/2022

…blog by Craig Macadam, Buglife Conservation Director. Peat bogs are ancient habitats, formed over thousands of years by the growth and decay of damp-loving Sphagnum mosses. This is an incredibly...

31/03/2022

Our given names are capitalised.  It’s taken as read that names of countries, places, companies, even cars, are all capitalised.  Instantly recognised as a name; a noun, something of importance....

11/03/2022

…Guest Blog from Dee Lawlor.  Dee Lawlor is a STEM Communicator and bat rehabilitator based in Scotland.  I’m sitting at my computer in my home office. From where I sit,...

21/02/2022

The Environment Act has become law, COP26 has been and gone. Progress has been made on addressing the climate and biodiversity crisis, with still some way to go. However, despite...

26/11/2021

Invasive species are one of the biggest threats to UK biodiversity. There are laws to prevent the release of non-resident species and laws that regulate the import, export, trade, keeping...

23/11/2021

As the world’s leaders focus their minds on tackling climate change at COP26 this month, our Conservation Director, Craig Macadam looks at how invertebrates are already feeling the effects of...

01/11/2021

Yesterday the House of Lords chose not to vote on an amendment that would have put into law a guarantee of an informed pollinator risk assessment prior to any pesticide...

27/10/2021

A guest blog from Vicki Hird BSc FRES, author of Rebugging the Planet and head of the Sustainable Farming Campaign for Sustain. Can you remember a time when you first...

27/10/2021