The UK Government’s “dither and delay” approach to pesticide policy continues to put the health of our natural world at serious risk, sixty years after author Rachel Carson first sounded...
27/09/2022
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Citizen Scientists across the UK demonstrate that “Bugs Matter” this summer
The end of the school summer holidays saw the conclusion of this year’s national insect survey, Bugs Matter, on 31 August. Led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife,...
09/09/2022
Open letter to the new Prime Minister, calls for climate, nature and the cost-of-living to be top of the new government’s agenda
We’ve joined over 100 organisations and individuals from NGOs to unions, health bodies and faith leaders calling on the new Prime Minister to put climate, nature and the cost-of-living at...
06/09/2022
Exciting new Buglife project, “Belfast’s Buzzing”; a first for Northern Ireland’s insect super highways!
“Belfast’s Buzzing” is Buglife’s first project in Northern Ireland delivering on B-Lines; a network of insect super highways extending across the whole of the UK, allowing wildlife to move freely...
06/09/2022
Rare bumblebee found at Swanscombe Peninsula
One of the UK’s rarest bumblebees, the Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum) has been found for the first time on the Swanscombe Peninsula in Kent. Having declined dramatically in the...
31/08/2022
The Silent Killer of UK Rivers: new study shows English rivers exhibiting increased chemical stress and declining invertebrate diversity
WildFish, RSPB, Buglife and The Pesticide Collaboration have released a new report: “Chemical Pollution: The Silent Killer of UK Rivers”. Using invertebrate data from the WildFish 2021 Riverfly Census, a...
18/08/2022
Open Letter, in objection to the Norwich Western Link
An open letter to Councillor Andrew Proctor, in objection to the Norwich Western Link road (NWL). Read the full letter below. You can add your voice by sharing this...
18/08/2022
South East England leads on citizen science survey numbers as ten days remain
Since June, citizen scientists across the UK have been taking part in Bugs Matter, the annual insect survey led by Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife. With ten days left to...
17/08/2022
Partnership to save the small things that run the planet
Lincolnshire’s Boston Seeds has donated a further almost £1,500 to Peterborough based charity Buglife, to aid their work in the conservation and development of habitats for endangered invertebrates. Receiving the...
09/08/2022
Research shows potentially dangerous levels of medical drugs for wildlife in British rivers
Wildlife charity Buglife are concerned that medical drugs are a widespread occurrence in rivers across Britain – the presence of these chemicals in our waterways may be contributing to the...
03/08/2022
