One of the UK’s most-threatened bumblebees the Brown-banded Carder Bee (Bombus humilis), has been rediscovered at Prawle Point on the South Devon coast. This bee was once thought extinct in...
27/12/2022
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Further insect number declines in 2022 – a long-term trend or the result of record summer temperatures?
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a 64% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004 and...
15/12/2022
More citizen scientists needed to understand how Northern Ireland’s insect populations are faring as further declines found across other parts of UK
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a 64% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004 and...
15/12/2022
More citizen scientists needed to understand how Scotland’s insect populations are faring as further declines found across other parts of UK
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a staggering 40% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004...
15/12/2022
Further insect number declines in Wales – a long-term trend or the result of record summer temperatures?
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a staggering 75% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004...
15/12/2022
Buglife launches Get the Marches Buzzing
“Get the Marches Buzzing” a new Buglife project, set to restore 57 hectares of lowland heath and species-rich grassland across Shropshire and North Herefordshire has received funding from The National...
12/12/2022
New populations of rare bees discovered in Cornwall
Invertebrate conservation charity Buglife is delighted to announce the discovery of two new populations of one of Cornwall’s most threatened bee species. A second nationally scarce species of bee has...
06/12/2022
New populations of rare beetle discovered on Dartmoor
Invertebrate conservation charity Buglife is thrilled to announce that two new populations of one of Britian’s rarest beetles have been discovered in Devon. The rare Blue Ground Beetle (Carabus intricatus)...
22/11/2022
People urged to write to their MP and make a noise to enable the vision for Swanscombe Peninsula to become a reality
A vision for a nature haven where critically endangered Distinguished Jumping Spiders and rare Man Orchids can flourish has been unveiled by the Save Swanscombe Peninsula community group. The vision...
15/11/2022
Malvern Hills District Council to launch ‘Bee Together’ project to support local wildlife
Malvern Hills District Council (MHDC) is set to launch an exciting new project to help local schools support B-Lines and local bug corridors. Working in partnership with Buglife, the ‘Bee...
08/11/2022
