A number of organisations, including Buglife, have joined together to share a statement with the Food Security Minister and Defra Director Mike Rowe calling on the UK Government to consider...
31/03/2026
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Bugs Matter 2026: Popular UK Insect Survey crosses the Channel
Citizen Science Month launch marks start of biggest ever survey season – now including France for the first time! The UK’s popular insect citizen science survey is back – bigger,...
26/03/2026
Buglife Appoints Co-Leader and Director of Transformation to Lead Ambitious Growth Phase
Conservation charity strengthens leadership team as strong financial position enables major expansion in response to critical invertebrate decline. Buglife, the invertebrate conservation charity, has appointed Christie Gregg as Co-leader and...
03/03/2026
A defining day for Thurrock’s struggling wildlife
Essex Wildlife Trust and Buglife raise concerns on impending planning decisions Wildlife charities, Essex Wildlife Trust and Buglife, are worried that imminent planning decisions made on 24 February could mark a tipping point for Thurrock’s unique wildlife, with irreversible...
23/02/2026
Love Your Pet, Not Pesticides: New Report Warns of Flea and Tick Treatment Threat to Rivers
Pesticides banned for outdoor agricultural use are regularly used as pet tick and flea treatments; The two most commonly used pesticides, imidacloprid and fipronil, are known to cause significant harm...
20/02/2026
A buzz of hope: will you help Sussex’s amazing pollinators?
Conservation charity Buglife is calling on everyone – from balcony gardeners to landowners – to manage green spaces for pollinators, celebrate these pollinator-friendly spaces and add their habitat to the...
16/02/2026
Anger as plans to infill wildlife-rich Essex quarry recommended for approval
Wildlife charity Buglife has expressed disappointment that plans to infill a former quarry, which has been reclaimed by nature, are being recommended for approval. Buckingham Hill Pit in Thurrock, is...
06/02/2026
New Populations of Rare Beetle Discovered in South Devon
One of the UK’s most elusive beetle species, the Mediterranean Oil Beetle (Meloe mediterraneus) has been found at two new sites in South Devon by the Life on the Edge...
28/01/2026
A buzz of hope: will you help the Tweed’s amazing pollinators?
Conservation charity Buglife is calling on everyone – from balcony gardeners to landowners – to manage green spaces for pollinators, celebrate these pollinator-friendly spaces and add their habitat to the...
18/01/2026
Exciting new bee discovery on the North Cornwall coast
Surveys undertaken by Buglife and the National Trust at Godrevy Farm, near Gwithian have led to the exciting discovery of the nationally scarce Red Bartsia Bee at the site. Previously...
15/01/2026