After an exciting three-year team effort between Buglife, Fife Council, schoolchildren and community groups, over 13 hectares of native wildflower-rich grassland have been created at 23 locations across Fife. These...
27/07/2017
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Rachael Maskell MP champion of the Tansy Beetle receives award for dedication to the Species Champions Project
Rachael Maskell MP attended an award ceremony in Westminster on Monday 3 July to mark the first anniversary of the Species Champions project and celebrate the recruitment of 39 MPs...
12/07/2017
Rare Spotty Beetle Jackpot
As part of a year of activities to celebrate their 10th Anniversary, wildlife charity Buglife Scotland hope to rediscover some of Scotland’s rarest ‘lost’ bees, bugs and beetles. And spotting...
04/07/2017
Newcastle University Retracts Claim that Neonicotinoid Ban Cost UK Farmers £18.4 million
A study produced in March 2017 by Rural Business Research and the Institute of Agri‐Food Research and Innovation at Newcastle University was widely reported in the media as showing that...
29/06/2017
UK Government urged to re-examine support for bee killing pesticides
Two new scientific studies published today in the top ranking Science journal throw further light on the profound damage that neonicotinoid insecticides are doing to wildlife and beneficial insects. Buglife...
29/06/2017
Lord Mayor backs nature for charity appeal
Lord Mayor of Cardiff makes Buglife and RSPB joint beneficiaries of his appeal Nature provides us with the fresh air we breathe, the clean water we drink and the fertile...
28/06/2017
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Give Our Unsung Garden Heroes a Home this Summer
The RSPB and Buglife ask the public to give nature a home in their gardens this summer by planting food for some of the UK’s overlooked pollinators – hoverflies. Morwenna...
22/06/2017
Air Pollution letter
On National Clean Air Day, we’re calling for action to cut air pollution which threatens our native wildlife (‘Nature needs fresh air too’). The government’s air quality consultation, closing...
16/06/2017
‘Marvellous Mud Snails’ a Buglife project, wins National Lottery support to help the rare Pond mud snail in Scotland
Today, Buglife has received £48,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the exciting project Marvellous Mud Snails that will take place across Scotland. Made possible by money raised by...
16/06/2017
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What Lies Beneath
With Chelsea in full show it is worth considering what may be lurking in the soil around the many fabulous imported pot plants on show. The UK imports £1billion worth...
26/05/2017