Conservation Coalition concerned by new plans that would damage nature A coalition of seven environmental organisations has expressed concern over new plans for a golf course at Coul Links in...
08/07/2022
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£4.2m lifeline for Scotland’s most vulnerable species
Threatened species in Scotland have today received a £4.2m lifeline from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding will support urgent action to help save 37 of Scotland’s most vulnerable...
29/06/2022
Writers Rebel release stunning film for Insect Week with Sir Mark Rylance and nature writer Jay Griffiths: ‘ALMOST INVISIBLE ANGELS’
To mark the Royal Entomological Society’s Insect Week, the literary campaign group Writers Rebel launches a stunning short film from environmental writer Jay Griffiths and artist-activist Gaby Solly, drawing attention to crashing insect populations across...
20/06/2022
First adult critically endangered Pine Hoverfly in nearly a decade spotted in the wild thanks to conservation efforts
An adult Pine Hoverfly has been spotted in the wild in Britain for the first time in nearly a decade, thanks to successful conservation efforts by the Rare Invertebrates in...
10/06/2022
Huge milestone for saving critically endangered pine hoverflies
The Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms (RIC) project has shared breath-taking new images of empty pine hoverfly pupa cases found during initial follow-up surveys of recent release sites for the...
30/05/2022
The Dream Fund’s £1.25m award invites 1,500 volunteers to help use space and AI technology to restore Surrey’s wildlife habitats
A Surrey-based project to boost biodiversity though AI and space technology has won £1.25m of funding, thanks to the players of People’s Postcode Lottery, and opens the door to hundreds...
19/05/2022
Buglife’s B-Line events set to create a buzz for Cornwall’s rare and threatened bees
A fantastic project is underway along the North Cornwall coast. North Cornwall B-Lines – Creating Pathways for Pollinators is helping Cornwall’s threatened bee species by creating or enhancing 20 hectares...
16/05/2022
Call for new invasive species defences and for gardeners to buy British – as UK wildlife most threatened by nature invaders is revealed
Nature experts are calling for strict new government plant import restrictions and are urging gardeners to ‘buy British’ to avoid bringing damaging invasive species into the country.[1] The calls come...
16/05/2022
Exciting new Buglife project, “Strathmore B-lines”, awarded National Lottery Funding in Scotland.
Buglife Scotland’s exciting new project “Strathmore B-Lines – People & Pollinators in Strathmore” has been awarded a £176,366 funding grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund with match funding from...
12/05/2022
Bugs Matter survey finds that UK flying insects have declined by nearly 60% in less than 20 years
A citizen-science survey, led by Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, has found that the abundance of flying insects in the UK has plummeted by nearly 60% over the last 17...
05/05/2022