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A number of the UK’s rarest insects live in small coastal pockets and the recent extreme storms and coastal erosion has raised a real risk of species extinction for a...

05/03/2014

Buglife, the only European charity that looks after all pollinators has launched ‘Get Britain Buzzing’ a 7 point manifesto to arrest the worrying decline in pollinator species across the UK...

05/03/2014

The start of spring can be an unpredictable affair these days but is one of the best times to observe insects. Buglife have listed some of the clear insect signs...

28/02/2014

Widespread dredging could make flooding in some communities worse in future – not better – according to a new report published by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management...

14/02/2014

Buglife have secured £58,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the exciting Thurrock Stepping Stones project. The project will help protect Thurrock’s nationally important populations of invertebrates and bring...

29/01/2014

As the longest night of the year comes around conservationists have assessed the fortunes of our native nocturnal wildlife and found a picture of mixed fortunes. Saturday December 21st is...

20/12/2013

The South West Crayfish Project, led by Buglife, Avon Wildlife Trust, Bristol Zoo Gardens and the Environment Agency is celebrating moving over 4,000 endangered White-clawed crayfish to safe haven ‘Ark...

19/12/2013

Buglife, ClientEarth, SumOfUs.org and three other European NGOs are applying to the courts to defend a ban of three deadly chemicals found to have harmful effects on wildlife. The case,...

16/12/2013

Plymouth’s getting buzz-y for the bees with the planting of new wildlife meadows in Central Park. Plymouth City Council and Buglife will be planting 2.2 hectares (5.4 acres) of wildflowers...

11/12/2013