Buglife are excited to announce the results of the recent National Bug Vote and are pleased to note there appears to have been no electoral malpractice or hanging chads. Bees...
13/06/2018
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A new champion for the White-clawed crayfish
MP for Darlington, Jenny Chapman, is championing one of the UK’s most threatened species – the White-clawed crayfish. Numbers of White-clawed crayfish in England and Wales have plummeted since the...
11/06/2018
Fate of Coul Links is in the hands of Scottish Ministers as Highland Councillors defer golf course proposals
A coalition of environmental groups which is campaigning to save Coul Links has called on the First Minister to step in to save one of Scotland’s last remaining intact dune...
06/06/2018
Buglife Reaction to the EC Pollinators Initiative
The launch of the EC Pollinators Initiative on 1st June marks a significant moment for international cooperation to halt the declines in bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies and other pollinators. The...
03/06/2018
Official report calls for Coul Links refusal
Buglife are delighted to learn that proposals for a golf course at Coul Links, on the east coast of Sutherland, affecting the rare endemic Fonseca’s seed fly has today been...
30/05/2018
Court confirms neonicotinoid ban was legal
Today the EU Court of Justice confirmed that the 2013 European Commission decision to protect bees by introducing a ban on the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides on flowering crops,...
17/05/2018
Could our obsession with mobile technology destroy wildlife
A scientific review of the impacts of electromagnetic radiation launched today reveals our limited understanding about how changes we are making to the environment may be damaging wildlife. Pollution levels...
17/05/2018
A wildflower boost for pollinators in Cornwall
Wildlife charity Buglife are launching a new initiative to help Cornwall’s bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Urban Buzz will be working with local communities to create wildflower-filled buzzing hotspots...
17/05/2018
The National Bug Vote
Today Buglife have launched a national bug vote for the four home nations to choose a bug to grace the front of new Buglife membership leaflets. In each nation Buglife...
17/05/2018
Another step closer to saving our wild pollinators
Parliament considers new wildflower corridors to save bees Our beleaguered wild pollinators move a step closer to recovery today as a new ‘Protection of Pollinators Bill’ is presented to the...
04/05/2018
