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Important step in campaign to save rare dunes

The coalition of environmental conservation organisations fighting to save Coul Links have welcomed the start of a public inquiry today into whether the controversial proposals should go ahead. The inquiry...

26/02/2019

Sun loving stonefly spotters sought

Nature-lovers are being urged to help shed light on a rare winter sun-loving insect.   The Northern February red stonefly has its global stronghold in the Scottish Highlands and has...

25/02/2019

Tilbury adds to insect catastrophe

Buglife is appalled at the announcement that the Secretary of State has granted permission for the Tilbury 2 project which will see the Port of Tilbury expand and destroy one...

20/02/2019

Insect decline a major global crisis

A new paper – ‘Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers’ by Francisco Sánchez-Bayo and Kris A.G. Wyckhuys – paints a grim picture of the decline of...

07/02/2019

Rare beetle discovered at second site in Wales

The Blue ground beetle (Carabus intricatus), a rare and globally threatened beetle, has been discovered at just its second known site in Wales, coinciding with the launch of a new...

08/11/2018

Great news for pollinators

Buglife welcomes the funding promised by the Environment Secretary as a great first step towards securing the future of our precious pollinators. Coupled with the ban on neonicotinoids this is...

25/10/2018