Saving the small things that run the planet
Campaigners against a proposal to build a theme park on a nationally important wildlife haven at Swanscombe Marshes in Kent, voted with their feet at the weekend by rallying to make their objections heard. Local people and representatives from Save Swanscombe Peninsula, Buglife, RSPB, Kent Wildlife Trust and CPRE Kent turned out in force to rally at the...
02/10/2021
Breckland-based ‘Shifting Sands’ project sees species recover in record numbers. Species include endangered beetle and plants, one found nowhere else in the world. Restoring spaces for wildlife using surprising methods...
27/09/2021
New research shows the presence of medical drugs in British rivers at levels potentially dangerous to wildlife Medical drugs observed to alter reproduction and growth in freshwater invertebrates, regularly exceed...
26/09/2021
Populations of British bees and other pollinators have been devastated in recent years by new insecticides. Despite acknowledging over ten years ago that current pesticide approval tests are not able...
14/09/2021
Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, is delighted with recent discoveries of new populations of the Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis) and Bordered brown lacewing (Megalomus hirtus) in Scotland. Buglife...
12/08/2021
This week Environment Minister Rebecca Pow MP visited Buglife’s “Severn B-Lines” project in Severn Valley Country Park, Shropshire to see work to restore wildflower habitat for pollinator insects Buglife Conservation...
28/07/2021
Buglife’s new North Cornwall B-Lines project will work with landowners and local communities to restore wildflower-rich grasslands in three areas of the North Cornwall coast – helping the recovery of...
28/07/2021
Buglife, the RSPB, Kent Wildlife Trust and CPRE Kent have come together to save one of Kent’s most important wildlife sites, home to the scarce brown-banded carder bee, the critically...
13/07/2021
Local people in Shropshire can get involved and learn about ambitious work to create a new 5 five mile ‘insect corridor’ between Telford and Bridgnorth at a series of events...
08/07/2021
Leading nature charity announces new president, new chair and launches new strategy Steve Backshall has been appointed Buglife President at the AGM, stepping into the shoes of Germaine Greer, who...
23/06/2021