Buglife along with more than 50 nature organisations, and well-known names including Steve Backshall, Chris Packham, and Stanley Johnson are supporting a new ‘State of Nature’ campaign launching today. They...
01/03/2021
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Conservationists united in call to protect wildlife haven from theme park development
Conservationists united in call to protect wildlife haven from theme park development
08/02/2021
Swanscombe Marshes must be saved
Reacting to the announcement that the Government have accepted the application for the London Resort as a National Infrastructure Project Buglife’s planning lead Jamie Robins stated. “The fight goes on....
29/01/2021
Nature-lovers are being urged to use lockdown exercise to help shed light on a rare winter sun-loving insect.
As February approaches, Buglife is reaching out to members of the public for help in locating a rare and endemic insect as the adults begin to emerge. The Northern February...
26/01/2021
Wildflowers to be contaminated with banned insecticide, UK Government says herbicide use will stop flowers poisoning bees.
Despite having been proven to be massively harmful to wildlife, Defra has capitulated to an NFU request to use neonicotinoid insecticides on Sugar beet seeds in 2021. Neonicotinoids are known...
08/01/2021
Narrow Escape from Extinction for Rare Ant
We’re familiar with Christmas robins, reindeer, even penguins, but what about a Christmas ant? Bringing some seasonal cheer to a grim year is some big news about a tiny creature,...
06/01/2021
Buglife launch B-Lines across Scotland
This week, conservation charity Buglife are launching a complete B-Lines map for Scotland. B-Lines is our response to the decline of bees and other pollinating insects, a plan for how...
10/12/2020
Buglife receives grant of £184,000 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund
Buglife’s “Severn B-Lines” project is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund. Defra announced grants between £62,000 and £3.8...
10/12/2020
UK Government fails to act for even our most at risk species
In January of this year the UK Government belatedly published the list of endangered species in the UK a list that had remained unpublished for almost six years. And now...
30/11/2020
New research reveals widespread contamination of English rivers with potent pesticides commonly used as flea treatments for pets
Researchers at the University of Sussex have found widespread contamination of English rivers with two neurotoxic pesticides commonly used in veterinary flea products: fipronil and the neonicotinoid imidacloprid. The concentrations...
17/11/2020