Lock down activity for kids Earthgames.uk with Buglife are launching their “Save the Planet Through Gaming” project. Young people aged 6 to 11 can learn oodles about ecology and making...
28/04/2020
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Buglife’s B-Lines will put a buzz back into Gloucestershire‘s towns and countryside
An ambitious plan to help our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects has been launched today by Buglife with funding from Defra. Gloucestershire B-Lines aims to connect the county’s...
27/04/2020
Buglife’s B-Lines will put a buzz back into Herefordshire‘s towns and countryside
An ambitious plan to help our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects has been launched today by Buglife with funding from Defra. Herefordshire B-Lines aims to connect the county’s...
27/04/2020
We are losing 9% of insects per decade
Van Klink et al. 2020 have examined trends in insect abundance around the world and have shown that terrestrial insects are in desperate long-term decline, but that insect populations in...
23/04/2020
New Dartmoor sighting of invasive flatworm is a surprise to conservationists
An invasive flatworm from Australia has turned up in an unusual place – under a cowpat on Dartmoor! The Australian flatworm (Australoplana sanguinea) grows up to 8cm long, and has...
20/04/2020
Gaming to Save the Planet
Covid 19 has brought destruction to the educational system leaving school children, and parents, at home with nothing to do. However help is at hand, Earthgames.uk have launched a whole...
17/04/2020
Rare Beetle found in Wales
The Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis), one of the UK’s rarest oil beetle species, has been rediscovered in Wales. This very rare species was previously believed to be extinct in...
01/04/2020
Coul Links Golf Course development REFUSED by Scottish Government!
We were delighted last week to hear that the controversial plans for a 32 acre golf course at protected dunes site Coul Links have been refused by the Scottish Government....
24/02/2020
Rare Wormwood moonshiner beetles found
2019 proved to be a fantastic year for one of the UK’s rarest beetles, the elusive Wormwood moonshiner (Amara fusca). The beetle was found at two new sites with dedicated...
13/02/2020
Stop killing conservationists
The suspicious death of Mexican butterfly activist Homero Gómez González whose body was found on Wednesday near the reserve he managed in Mexico has cast a shadow over the conservation...
31/01/2020