On the 21st April, Buglife will be featured on Countryfile, the BBC1 one programme looking at rural affairs in Britain. Countryfile will be investigating the issues surrounding neonicotinoid pesticides, a...
17/07/2013
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Wildlife presenter Nick Baker launches bug photography competition
Buglife launches a bug photography competition to encourage people to take a closer look at the bugs on their doorstep. Today Buglife launches a bug photography competition to encourage...
17/07/2013
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The new State of Nature Report reveals that UK nature is in serious trouble
The new ground-breaking State of Nature Report launched today on the International Day for Biological Diversity. 25 wildlife organisations, including Buglife, have compiled a stock take of our native species...
17/07/2013
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The hunt for the New Forest Cicada
Buglife is leading a hunt for the elusive New Forest Cicada. Thanks to funding administered by the Forestry Commission on behalf of the New Forest HLS Scheme Buglife experts and...
17/07/2013
Conserving globally threatened bugs on the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena
Buglife has launched a 3-year ‘Bugs on the Brink’ project, on the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena. Wildlife charity, Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, has launched a...
17/07/2013
Cairngorms legal ruling drives a bulldozer through our heritage and wildlife
Legal Appeal the Cairngorms Campaign and Other v The Cairngorms National Park Authority & Others finds in favour of construction. Following today’s ruling from the Court of Session, the Cairngorms...
17/07/2013
Under threat – Scottish brownfield bugs
The Scottish Government is reviewing national planning policy that guides all planning decisions. Help us make sure that sites valuable for invertebrates are recognised and protected from future development. Paragraph...
17/07/2013
American bird report calls for suspension on commonly used toxic pesticides
Earlier today, a report published by the American Bird Conservancy called for a suspension on neonicotinoids, a group of toxic insecticides which have been shown to kill pollinators such as...
16/07/2013
Extinct oil beetle discovery takes species numbers from fab four to famous five
A beetle hotspot on the South Devon coast has re-written the record books for the second time in six years with the discovery of an oil beetle which was last...
16/07/2013
Government faces legal action if UK does not vote to ban bee killing insecticides
Buglife is asking Defra Secretary of State Owen Paterson to support the European Commission’s proposed restrictions on three neonicotinoid insecticides in an EU vote on the 25th February, and, if...
16/07/2013