Saving the small things that run the planetFollowing 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pollinators, including demonstrations outside Downing Street, public petitions and letters to ministers, Syngenta have withdrawn their application...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
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
Buglife are deeply concerned by news that UK researchers are trialling a GM wheat that ‘cries wolf’, sending out a constant chemical help signal to ladybirds and other predators, a...
25/06/2014
The conclusions of a new meta-analysis of the systemic pesticides neonicotinoids and fipronil (neonics) confirm that they are causing significant damage to a wide range of beneficial invertebrate species and...
24/06/2014
Wildlife and countryside charities are very concerned that proposals in the Criminal Courts and Justice Bill being debated in the House of Commons will make it even harder than it...
16/06/2014
Wildlife Charity Buglife is appalled by George Osborne’s lack of regard for brownfield wildlife. At Mansion House last night, Osborne said he was going to unleash an ‘urban planning revolution’...
13/06/2014
A rare flightless beetle found in only two locations in the UK has been counted in abundance on the Isle of Coll. RSPB Scotland and Buglife researchers visiting the island...
11/06/2014
People around the UK are being urged to take part in the first Great British Bee Count, which starts today (Tuesday 10 June 2014) and runs until the end of...
10/06/2014
Wildlife charity Buglife have created three green roofs on the Denton Estate in the London Borough of Camden this week, providing important habitat for our urban pollinators. The green roofs,...
27/05/2014
A fantastic variety of wildlife has been recorded during Buglife’s three year study into the diversity of bugs found on North Lincolnshire brownfields. A grant of over £80, 000 from...
27/05/2014
