As EU countries are poised to vote on a proposal to introduce tougher restrictions on bee-harming insecticides, a new analysis shows fears that the existing ban would result in a...
06/12/2017
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Detailed detective work leads to rediscovery of rare snail.
Thanks to the dedication and hard work of volunteers and Buglife staff, Buglife Scotland’s HLF funded Marvellous Mud Snails project has rediscovered two populations of the rare Pond mud snail...
14/11/2017
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Buglife Scotland release new guidance to help boost pollinators!
Our pollinators are in decline! This message is coming from scientists, wildlife organisations and Government. Buglife Scotland has today released a new document that provides guidance for local authorities on...
14/11/2017
Finally UK follows science and backs bee saving pesticide ban
Today Michael Gove has announced the most radical, and much to be welcomed, shift in the UK’s position on neonicotinoids since Buglife first wrote to Defra ministers in 2008 raising...
09/11/2017
Sutherland golf course proposals more environmentally damaging than Trump’s Aberdeenshire course warn conservationists
Unique Coul Links would be destroyed An alliance of conservation organisations has submitted a damning objection to proposals to build a golf course on one of the last undeveloped coastal...
07/11/2017
Breaking New Ground!
Wildflower Urban Meadow Creation: 10:30am, 01st November, Goodwood Road, LE5 6EE The first Urban Buzz, buzzing hotspots will be created this Wednesday 01st November on Goodwood road, roadside verge. Parks...
31/10/2017
Oil seed rape crop yields above average
Government urged to back tougher measures on neonicotinoids Oilseed rape yields this year are at their highest ever levels, only twice before has the average yield reached 3.9 tonnes per...
12/10/2017
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Conservation alliance calls on public to defend irreplaceable natural jewel
Internationally important dunelands in Sutherland threatened by exclusive golf course plans A coalition of Scotland’s leading conservation charities is asking the public to support their objections to The Highland Council...
11/10/2017
NGOs call for wildlife havens to be protected from new development
Wildlife and Countryside Link (Link) has published new guidance to help Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) deal with development applications on brownfield land in England. The coalition of green NGOs is...
06/10/2017
Urban Buzzing Birmingham Success
Birmingham has been buzzing for the past 21 months with Urban Buzz providing a variety of new feeding and nesting opportunities for a number of different pollinators throughout the city....
03/10/2017