Since June, thousands of dedicated citizen scientists have contributed their time and effort to Bugs Matter – a national citizen science survey from Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife which uses...
03/08/2023
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Conservation charities call on Michael Gove to end theme park threat to nature
Wildlife charities have written to Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, calling on him to step in and remove a controversial planning designation that...
28/07/2023
Campaigners celebrate as council rejects plan for a hotel on wildlife haven in Deal and ask that surf lagoon plans are scrapped
Conservation charities and wildlife campaigners have welcomed the news that plans to build a hotel on a nature-rich habitat have been rejected by Dover District Council. The Friends of Betteshanger...
20/07/2023
Multi-species conservation programme arrives in the Inner Hebrides and Argyll
An innovative and ambitious four-year-long conservation programme, Species on the Edge, has kicked off in the Inner Hebrides and Argyll. (Leugh ann an Gàidhlig / Read in Gaelic) Species on...
17/07/2023
Conservation Charity calls for public’s help to “Nurture the Night Shift” and reduce light pollution
As we reach the longest day, Buglife, is calling for members of the public to join them in tackling one of the few remaining, socially acceptable pollutants – light pollution. ...
21/06/2023
National Lottery pledges towards an ambitious £8m nature partnership
Urgent action to save Wales’ most vulnerable wildlife is set to get underway this summer, thanks to the players of the National Lottery. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded...
19/06/2023
An MBE for Bugs
Buglife is delighted to welcome the award of an MBE for services to nature conservation to Buglife founder and Vice President, Alan Stubbs a resident of Peterborough. It is appropriate...
16/06/2023
New conservation programme tackling the decline of vulnerable coastal species in Scotland launched today
Eight leading conservation organisations have launched an innovative new multi-species conservation programme, Species on the Edge, focussed on reversing the decline of vulnerable coastal species in Scotland. Species on the...
03/06/2023
Virtual ‘splatometer’ makes it even easier for citizen scientists to contribute to Bugs Matter survey
The Bugs Matter survey involves citizen scientists counting the number of insect splats on their number plates after a journey. New virtual ‘splatometer’ makes counting and photographing splats even easier...
01/06/2023
Virtual ‘splatometer’ makes it even easier for citizen scientists to contribute to Bugs Matter survey in Wales
The Bugs Matter survey involves citizen scientists counting the number of insect splats on their number plates after a journey. New virtual ‘splatometer’ makes counting and photographing splats even easier...
01/06/2023