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
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Call for protection for important wildlife haven
Local community and wildlife organisations have come together to call for one of Ayrshire’s most important wildlife sites to be protected. The groups are asking for the Garnock Estuary to...
26/07/2022
“Splatometers” at the ready for Bugs Matter this Summer!
June 1 saw the much-anticipated launch of Bugs Matter 2022, the annual national insect survey led by Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife. So far in 2022, citizen scientists have recorded...
20/07/2022
Buglife applauds revolutionary use of trade measures to save global pollinator populations.
Buglife, the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates, has strongly welcomed the momentous step by the EU to effectively ban the import into the EU...
13/07/2022
Internationally protected Coul Links once again under threat from golf course
Conservation Coalition concerned by new plans that would damage nature A coalition of seven environmental organisations has expressed concern over new plans for a golf course at Coul Links in...
08/07/2022
£4.2m lifeline for Scotland’s most vulnerable species
Threatened species in Scotland have today received a £4.2m lifeline from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding will support urgent action to help save 37 of Scotland’s most vulnerable...
29/06/2022
Writers Rebel release stunning film for Insect Week with Sir Mark Rylance and nature writer Jay Griffiths: ‘ALMOST INVISIBLE ANGELS’
To mark the Royal Entomological Society’s Insect Week, the literary campaign group Writers Rebel launches a stunning short film from environmental writer Jay Griffiths and artist-activist Gaby Solly, drawing attention to crashing insect populations across...
20/06/2022
First adult critically endangered Pine Hoverfly in nearly a decade spotted in the wild thanks to conservation efforts
An adult Pine Hoverfly has been spotted in the wild in Britain for the first time in nearly a decade, thanks to successful conservation efforts by the Rare Invertebrates in...
10/06/2022
Huge milestone for saving critically endangered pine hoverflies
The Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms (RIC) project has shared breath-taking new images of empty pine hoverfly pupa cases found during initial follow-up surveys of recent release sites for the...
30/05/2022
The Dream Fund’s £1.25m award invites 1,500 volunteers to help use space and AI technology to restore Surrey’s wildlife habitats
A Surrey-based project to boost biodiversity though AI and space technology has won £1.25m of funding, thanks to the players of People’s Postcode Lottery, and opens the door to hundreds...
19/05/2022
