Leading environmental charities, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Buglife, have joined forces to call for a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which harm bees and wild pollinators, to be banned...
01/12/2015
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Dunfermline Pupils Rescue Scottish Pollinators
This autumn, pupils from St. Columba’s High School participated in a Fife-wide community project called ‘Fife’s Buzzing’ run by wildlife charity Buglife in partnership with Fife Council. Enthusiastic members of...
30/11/2015
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides Linked to Dramatic Decline in Butterfly Numbers
A new study has shown a strong relationship between the decline of common and widespread British butterflies and the increasing use of neonicotinoid pesticides on arable crops. The research, a...
24/11/2015
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It’s going to start buzzing in Cardiff
Urban Buzz is an eight-city project to create habitat for pollinators. Today Buglife are launching this ambitious new program of activity that will work with local people in Birmingham, Bristol,...
24/11/2015
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It’s going to start buzzing in our cities
Biffa Award, Buglife, Birmingham, Bristol … a lot of b’s all add up to the Urban Buzz, an eight city project to create habitats for pollinators. Today Buglife are launching...
23/11/2015
New report highlights “extraordinary change” in the fortunes of Britain’s grasshoppers, crickets and allied species
Evidence from the latest study into the conservation status of Britain’s grasshoppers, crickets and allied species reveals an “extraordinary change in the fortunes” of many species of these insects since...
20/11/2015
Call to action for Europe to strengthen nature laws and save wildlife
Today a collection of nature charities will be meeting with relevant EU government representatives to discuss a new paper which identifies the actions needed to save wildlife in the EU...
19/11/2015
Study suggesting neonicotinoids are safe is severely flawed says scientists
A paper published last week in Environmental Sciences Europe has criticised a study funded by pesticide manufactures. The study by agrochemical giant, Syngenta claims to show that one of the...
11/11/2015
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American invaders in Lincolnshire
An invasive non-native mollusc species has been discovered in a Lincolnshire River – posing a potential threat to our native fresh and brackish water ecosystems. The findings are published in...
02/11/2015
Neonicotinoids Pose Toxic Risk to Animals in Field Margins and Hedges
New studies reviewed by Buglife show neonicotinoids are being widely spread, through the air and water, into hedgerows, meadows, rivers and ponds, where they can damage a great range of...
12/10/2015