Well, a lot has been happening recently to get Torbay Buzzing! I’ve been concentrating on getting some pollinator cafes planted up, launching our Torbay’s Buzzing Big Pollinator Survey; and running...
01/07/2016
Latest Blog Posts
The first wildflower meadow in the Torbay’s Buzzing project is sown!
Buglife has created the first “Torbay’s Buzzing” wildflower meadow at Stoodley Knowle, Torquay, with help from Torbay Council and local volunteers from the “Friends of Stoodley Knowle” (FoSK). Wildflower seeds...
12/04/2016
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Why save a spider?
A guest blog from author Jules Howard on saving a rare spider Look at the image to the right of this text. This is the only photo that exists of...
30/03/2016
Wildlife and the EU – it’s about responsibility, not power
Our environment is precious, fragile and in peril. Only by taking more responsibility for our negative impacts on wildlife and investing time, money and resolution into creating and maintaining space...
07/03/2016
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Democracy, Evidence, Neonics, Oilseed Rape and Bees
It’s been a busy week for those of us working on the problem of pollinator declines and neonicotinoid pesticides. A week that has highlighted both the level of public concern...
11/12/2015
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Wildlife Bill- Initial Buglife Response
Buglife welcomes the new Wildlife Bill, it represents an important step forward in the presentation of a modern and consistent legal framework to protect our precious wildlife. Broadly the Law...
11/11/2015
Will Liz Truss help lifting bees out of the toxic mire?
The harm to bees, birds and aquatic life from neonicotinoids has still not been resolved, and despite the mounting evidence the industry maintains these agrotoxins are both innocent and effective. ...
16/10/2015
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Secret Pesticides Documents Revealed
Disclosures Deepen Controversy about Government’s Decision to Evade Bee-killing Pesticide Ban. In July, wildlife NGOs were dismayed, confused and indeed angered by the Government’s decision to allow the use of...
25/09/2015
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The wonderful world of spiders
When conservationists talk about saving animals, we do tend to suffer from “vertebratism”, a preference for the cute and cuddly pandas, or the sleek tigers of the world. But conservation...
24/09/2015
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In search of a little brown lacewing
After being awarded a grant by the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), I have spent my summer walking around Holyrood Park in Edinburgh surveying for the Bordered brown lacewing...
20/08/2015