Latest Blog Posts

Grow Your Own: Eating and gardening through the seasons

…a blog by Director of Fundraising and Communications, Paul Hetherington. Originally written for Leaders and published on 11 April 2024. Gardening is a great pastime that provides light physical exercise and...

01/09/2024

Finding Sally, the eDNA Blog

…a blog written by Sarah Hawkes, Buglife’s Natur am Byth! Scarce Yellow Sally Conservation Officer. (Gweld y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg) The Scarce Yellow Sally is a secretive beast that...

21/08/2024

Dod o hyd I Sally; y blog DNA

…Ymunwch ag Sarah Hawkes, Swyddog Prosiect Isogenus nebucula Natur am Byth Buglife, yn ein blog diweddaraf. (view this page in English) Mae pryf y cerrig Isogenus nubecula yn fwystfil cyfrinachol...

21/08/2024

Just Add Water

… a blog by Craig Macadam, Conservation Director at Buglife. It might not look like much but the handful of sediment in my hand probably contains 50 or so eggs...

09/07/2024

The Long-horned Bee, a Victim of Changing Times

… a blog written by Kernow Wyls – People for Pollinators Conservation Officer, Scott Martin, and Life on the Edge Conservation Officer, Sam Skevington.  As the rolling emerald hills of...

02/07/2024

Plant hunting in South Essex

… a guest blog by Dr Chris Gibson, Co-author of British & Irish Wildflowers and Plants: A Pocket Guide, who recently led a Wildflower Walk at Canvey Wick. As a...

21/06/2024

Nature’s Night Lights

…a blog written by David Smith, Buglife’s Social Change and Advocacy Officer. Hands up those that watched the Northern Lights dance across the sky earlier this month? In May 2024,...

30/05/2024