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
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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
Conservation project delivering for Richmondshire’s pollinators
Buglife has recently completed a project to create new wildflower areas in Richmond and the surrounding countryside- twelve years on from a previous project in the area. Nearly 5 hectares...
16/06/2025
Don’t Neglect the Night: Urgent call to protect the other half of nature
Every night, while most of us sleep, the world comes alive for millions of animals: moths, glow-worms, bats, badgers, owls, toads, and more. Yet this vibrant nocturnal world is vanishing...
04/06/2025
Endangered White-clawed Crayfish successfully relocated in ground breaking conservation effort
The Midlands Crayfish Partnership has announced the successful relocation of rescued White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) to a protected site in Staffordshire, marking a significant milestone in efforts to save the...
28/05/2025
MPs put on ‘Notice for Nature’ as charities warn Planning & Infrastructure Bill could demolish wildlife
28 environmental charities have served a spoof planning notice to MPs, warning that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is an application to demolish wildlife The coalition is calling on Government...
19/05/2025
Miniscule funding makes invasive non-native species a huge risk to British wildlife
New figures reveal that less than 1% of the Government’s biosecurity budget goes on invasive species despite being a top driver of native nature loss Local Action Groups on the...
12/05/2025