Buglife’s Alan Stubbs and Dr Sarah Henshall found a male Royal Splinter Crane fly, Gnophomyia elsneri, the first species record since 1986. This extremely rare fly is associated with wet...
23/07/2014
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Buglife goes live on Harlequin
To support its continued growth, Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust has implemented Harlequin Software for CRM, fundraising and membership management. Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to...
22/07/2014
Think before you pull Ragwort
Buglife is asking people to think hard before they pull ragwort from local fields and meadows. Ragwort has been implicated in the poisoning of horses and other grazing animals, though...
21/07/2014
Bee Coalition welcomes Government’s public ‘Call to Action’
Members of the Bee Coalition today (Friday 18 July) welcome the Government’s public ‘Call to Action’ to help reverse the decline of bees and other pollinating insects by helping meet...
18/07/2014
Trust rears rare Devon species
A Devon conservation charity has taken another step to help save a threatened native species. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, based at Paignton Zoo, has teamed up with the Environment...
17/07/2014
Bee Coalition welcomes new opportunities for bees with reshuffle
Members of The Bee Coalition today appeal to the new Environment Secretary, Liz Truss MP to step up efforts to address pollinator issues. On Tuesday 15th July, Prime Minister David...
16/07/2014
Beetle cottages to solve a Scarlet riddle
Buglife has built miniature thatched cottages at the edges of a farmer's field in Essex, in an attempt to save the rare Scarlet malachite beetle. This bright red and metallic...
14/07/2014
Buglife Exposes 2nd Misleading NFU Oil Seed Rape Pesticide Claim
In response to Buglife investigations the NFU has retracted a number of misleading claims it has made about the impacts of the neonicotinoid ban on Oilseed rape yields, but continues...
10/07/2014
Buglife welcomes Syngenta’s withdrawal of neonic ban bust application
Following a week of intense public activity in defence of our bees and pollinators, including demonstrations outside Downing Street, public petitions and letters to ministers, Syngenta have withdrawn their application...
04/07/2014
Buglife Exposes Misleading Claims of Swedish Oil Seed Rape Yield Loss
NFU vice-president Guy Smith has publically claimed that farmers in Sweden have reported a 70 per cent loss in spring oil seed rape yields. Similar claims appear on the NFU...
01/07/2014
