Over 100 growers, suppliers, retailers, individuals and organisations, including Buglife, are calling on UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, to bring an end to peat sales in the UK. The...
10/09/2024
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Belfast wildlife havens under threat
Wild Belfast and Buglife have come together to highlight the alarming loss of wildlife-rich brownfield habitat across Belfast. Some brownfield sites in Belfast can support rare and endangered wildlife, including...
28/08/2024
Sustainable Solution: Surplus Bricks Repurposed to Create Vital Habitats for Endangered Crayfish
Two companies have teamed up with a wildlife charity to help an endangered species. Native White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) numbers have fallen drastically since escaped North American Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus...
06/08/2024
Where have all the insects gone? Conservationists’ call to show that Bugs Matter
As the summer holidays begin, the Bugs Matter 2024 survey, led by Buglife and Kent Wildlife Trust, is calling on citizen scientists across the UK to participate in this crucial...
01/08/2024
Calls grow to protect Essex wildlife haven
Local community and wildlife organisations have come together to call for one of Essex’s best loved wildlife sites to be protected. Yesterday the six organisations presented ‘Middlewick Ranges: the case...
30/07/2024
Lifeline for bees creates city buzz
Work is well underway on an innovative partnership project aimed at helping Aberdeen’s bees, and other pollinators, thrive and survive. The Aberdeen B-Lines project is a partnership between Aberdeen City...
23/07/2024
Joint NGO Position Paper on the Agricultural Use of Sewage Sludge in the UK
Fidra and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), along with 16 co-signatory organisations including Buglife, have published a joint position paper highlighting the critical and urgent need for regulatory action on...
09/07/2024
Pollinator paradise strikes gold this Solitary Bee Week
Pollinator paradise, Buglife: The B-Lines Garden, has been awarded a gold medal at this week’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, as part of the Resilient Planting Pocket category....
03/07/2024
European Glow-worm and Firefly Species are in decline
A new analysis of the state of Europe’s Glow-worms and Fireflies shows shrinking habitats and populations Glow-worms and Fireflies belong to the beetle family Lampyridae. There are over 2,200 different...
27/06/2024
Openreach joins UK-wide insect biodiversity survey, encouraging other vehicle fleet owners to step up
Openreach, the UK’s largest wholesale broadband provider and the owner of the nation’s second largest commercial van fleet, has today announced its involvement in the 2024 “Bugs Matter” survey. The...
25/06/2024
