They’re armed with smartphones, cleaning cloths, and an unwavering dedication to science – and they’re making a real difference. Since May, an army of citizen scientists has been embarking on...
21/08/2025
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Google plans for sprawling data centre campus on designated wildlife site
Plans from tech giant Google to build a huge new data centre campus on a designated Local Wildlife Site in South Essex have been challenged by the wildlife charity Buglife....
14/08/2025
Canvey Wick: the Essex oasis home to more than 3,200 species
Canvey Wick on the Thames Estuary has recorded more than 3,200 species of invertebrates, birds and plants. It was the first brownfield site to be protected specifically for invertebrates and...
11/08/2025
Wildlife charity tells Google to ‘search’ elsewhere for new data centre site
We have called for the tech giant Google to find a new site for a proposed data centre campus in South Essex. The call comes as plans for a sprawling...
07/08/2025
Brownfield border strikes gold this Bees Needs Week
A brownfield inspired garden, “Buglife: Habitat Mosaic”, has been awarded a gold medal at this week’s RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse, as part of the Long Border category and Best...
17/07/2025
A milestone for Important Invertebrate Areas
Whether for the Horrid Ground-weaver Spider (Nothophantes horridus), found nowhere else on earth except a handful Plymouth quarries, a Scottish river with a centuries old population of Freshwater Pearl Mussels...
27/06/2025
Urgent protection needed for threatened nature site
We have called for the urgent protection of one of the most threatened nature sites in the South of East England. Today Buglife has written to the Government’s environmental advisor Natural...
24/06/2025
Volunteers monitoring pollinators make interesting findings
The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS), which engages thousands of citizen scientists to record insects on surveys across the UK countryside and gardens, is emphasising the value of having a wide range...
24/06/2025
New Semi-slug Found in ‘Welsh Pyrenees’
While the Pyrenees mountain range between Spain and France may seem worlds away from the South Wales Valleys, these two landscapes share more than just rugged terrain, a maritime climate,...
24/06/2025
Canfod Lled-wlithen newydd yn y ‘Pyreneau Cymreig’
Tra bo’r Pyreneau, sy’n gadwyn o fynyddoedd rhwng Sbaen a Ffrainc, yn ymddangos fydoedd i ffwrdd o Gymoedd De Cymru, mae’r ddwy dirwedd yma’n rhannu mwy na dim ond tir...
24/06/2025