Latest Blog Posts

A Year of Walking the Wick!

…a blog written by Jo Loman, Canvey Wick Community Warden It’s time to celebrate! At the end of November 2022, we started a walking and social group at Canvey Wick...

27/12/2023

Insectarium: A new series from PBS Digital Studios & the American Museum of Natural History

…a guest blog from the PBS Terra team Insects rule the world. Or, at least they have for the last few millions of years. Their numbers are massive, their species...

20/12/2023

Powerhouse of the planet: why marine micro-beasts matter

…a guest blog written by Marianne Wootton, Senior Plankton Analyst & NMBAQC Scheme Zooplankton Manager, at Marine Biological Association as part of our COP28 impacts of climate change on invertebrates...

12/12/2023

Soldierflies on the move…

…a guest blog written by Martin Harvey of the Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme as part of our COP28 impacts of climate change on invertebrates series. An entomologist is always...

10/12/2023

Ivy bees and rare carder bees in a warming world

…a guest blog written by Jamie Buxton-Gould, Conservation Officer for the West Country Buzz project, with Bumblebee Conservation Trust, as part of our COP28 impacts of climate change on invertebrates...

09/12/2023

The Changing Distributions of our Grasshoppers, Crickets and Relatives

…a blog written by Professor Karim Vahed, Buglife England Manager, as part of our COP28 impacts of climate change on invertebrates series. The summer of 1983 sticks in my memory...

07/12/2023

Get Wylder and let nature do the rest!

…a guest blog from Kate Nicholls, founder of Wylder Launched on the first day of autumn, the Wylder app has been created to help people be inspired, connect to nature...

30/11/2023

Like a moth to a flame…Or a Glow-worm to a streetlight?

…a guest blog written by Dani Robertson, author and Dark Sky Officer for Snowdonia National Park. A suffocatingly warm summers evening as you lay in bed, one leg on top...

26/10/2023

Late on Monday night, when most of the building had gone home, the Glow-worm shined bright in the House of Commons!

…a blog by David Smith, Buglife Social Change and Advocacy Officer. The adjournment debate, Light Pollution and the Protection of Dark Skies was led by Duncan Baker MP, the Glow-worm...

23/10/2023

Bees vs wasps: what’s the difference?

…blog by Nikki Banfield, Buglife Communications Officer. Originally written for BBC Wildlife in May 2023. When you hear the word “wasp” what thoughts pop into your head? Yellow and black,...

18/09/2023