Guest blog by Daniel Greenwood I first visited Swanscombe Marshes in March 2015. Spring was in the offing, a cold wind blew off the Thames. My friend introduced me and...
28/10/2020
Saving the small things that run the planet
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Why we need to talk about automobile recycling
Carmen Adams is a master’s student at San Diego State University. She loves the outdoors and as a result she wants to keep it beautiful. Since a young age she’s...
16/10/2020
Swanscombe Stories #2- The complicated history of a brownfield haven
Guest blog by Ian Tokelove, from Remote London The Swanscombe Peninsula juts sharply into the River Thames from the Kent shoreline, just a few kilometres downriver from the QEII Bridge....
01/10/2020
Bugs help us. Now let’s return the favour
With the increase of human impact on the environment has come a loss of many bug species and a threat to many of the remaining ones. If things don’t change...
01/10/2020
Swanscombe Stories #1 – a Kestrel hovers
Guest blog by Donna Zimmer, local wildlife enthusiast from Swanscombe Marshes There is a September ‘nip in the air’ freshness as I reach the big blue skies at Swanscombe Marshes....
21/09/2020
Conservation Blog
Buglife Scotland welcomed Natalie Stevenson as Scotland Manager (maternity cover) last week. Natalie joins the organisation after more than ten years running small environmental charities. She is looking forward to...
21/09/2020
Creating a buzz for retail and business parks
Guest blog by Climate Action North We all know that wild pollinators are in trouble with UK bee, butterfly, and moth species in decline. The Climate Action North Pollinator Parks...
11/08/2020
Buglife’s B-Lines
By Dr Catherine M. Jones, Pollinator Officer, Buglife Buglife’s B-Lines map provides a recovery network for bees and other pollinators along which partners can target the creation and restoration of...
13/07/2020
B-Lines – what is it all about?
What’s the problem? Our insects and other invertebrates are in trouble. Now this is due to a number of factors, including climate change, pesticide use, pollution of rivers and streams...
09/07/2020
How to be the best bee hotel manager
A guest post from Andrew William Kirkland When discussing bees, we tend to imagine social bees, such as the physics-defying flight of bumblebees or honeybee hives filled with honey. However,...
07/07/2020