Recent wet weather has hatched a new population of the rare and ancient Tadpole Shrimp – one of the world’s oldest living animal species – at RSPB Mersehead in Dumfries,...
16/10/2025
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Calls for urgent action to save Plymouth’s globally important spiders
We have written to Plymouth City Council urging it to take urgent action to secure the future of Radford Quarry, home to an internationally important population of spiders. Radford Quarry...
14/10/2025
Three years on – a renewed call to protect a wildlife haven
Local community groups and national wildlife organisations have once again called on Scottish Government agency NatureScot to urgently act to protect one of Ayrshire’s most important wildlife sites. Three years...
09/10/2025
Britain’s Rarest Cricket Gets a Helping Hand
Conservation partnership establishes new population to help secure species’ future. As part of the Changing Chalk partnership, which is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Buglife has worked with Natural...
06/10/2025
People and pollinators will gain from investment in orchard revival
Bees, butterflies, beetles and other invertebrates will benefit with almost £160,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund being invested in an environmental project that will also deliver benefits for local...
25/09/2025
Following the Buzz: Aberdeen Nectar Networks to expand pollinator havens across the city
“Aberdeen Nectar Networks”, a new Buglife Scotland partnership project restoring up to eight hectares of wildflower-rich habitat across the city, is set to create a buzz for local pollinators and...
16/09/2025
Declaration Issued to Halt UK Insect Declines as Evidence Mounts of National Crisis
Bristol, 12 September 2025. Yesterday, during the Wild Summit event, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities supported by organisations, institutions, and community representatives issued a united Declaration on UK Insect...
12/09/2025
Campaign to save Coul Links calls on everyone to defend this special place for wildlife and help ensure it remains protected from damaging development
The future of Coul Links, which includes nationally and internationally important sites for nature, is set to be decided by Ministers following a public inquiry into the planning application that...
02/09/2025
Thousands join epic mission to measure the health of insect populations across the UK and Ireland
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
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