Saving the small things that run the planetThe biggest ever releases to boost Britain’s critically endangered wild population of pine hoverflies are being carried out this week by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the...
21/10/2021
Buglife were disappointed that last night MPs voted against bees and other pollinators by not including Clause 75 in the Environment Bill. Despite a petition of 65,000 signatures handed to...
21/10/2021
Thiamethoxam was banned for all outdoor use across the UK in 2018 because of its harmful effects on bees and other wildlife But the Government is considering lifting the ban...
18/10/2021
10-strong Changing Chalk partnership, led by the National Trust, includes Buglife and other charities and organisations from across Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and Lewes A £2.23m National Lottery Heritage Fund...
18/10/2021
Campaigners against a proposal to build a theme park on a nationally important wildlife haven at Swanscombe Marshes in Kent, voted with their feet at the weekend by rallying to make their objections heard. Local people and representatives from Save Swanscombe Peninsula, Buglife, RSPB, Kent Wildlife Trust and CPRE Kent turned out in force to rally at the...
02/10/2021
Breckland-based ‘Shifting Sands’ project sees species recover in record numbers. Species include endangered beetle and plants, one found nowhere else in the world. Restoring spaces for wildlife using surprising methods...
27/09/2021
New research shows the presence of medical drugs in British rivers at levels potentially dangerous to wildlife Medical drugs observed to alter reproduction and growth in freshwater invertebrates, regularly exceed...
26/09/2021
Populations of British bees and other pollinators have been devastated in recent years by new insecticides. Despite acknowledging over ten years ago that current pesticide approval tests are not able...
14/09/2021
Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, is delighted with recent discoveries of new populations of the Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis) and Bordered brown lacewing (Megalomus hirtus) in Scotland. Buglife...
12/08/2021
This week Environment Minister Rebecca Pow MP visited Buglife’s “Severn B-Lines” project in Severn Valley Country Park, Shropshire to see work to restore wildflower habitat for pollinator insects Buglife Conservation...
28/07/2021
