Items Tagged 'Buglife'

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• Bugs Matter - a citizen science approach tracking insect numbers

News

• Rare Wormwood moonshiner beetles found
• Rare Beetle found in Wales
• New Dartmoor sighting of invasive flatworm is a surprise to conservationists
• We are losing 9% of insects per decade
• Buglife’s B-Lines will put a buzz back into Berkshire‘s towns and countryside
• No Insectinction Campaign
• Fine words, but insufficient action – Audit judges EU’s efforts to halt insectinction as failing
• England’s B-Lines network will give pollinating insects a boost
• Scarce bee discovered in Wales for the first time
• Record numbers and new site discovered for rare beetle
• Buglife launch B-Lines across Scotland
• Wildflowers to be contaminated with banned insecticide, UK Government says herbicide use will stop flowers poisoning bees
• UK Extinct Species rediscovered in the Outer Hebrides
• Aid Requested for Bugs Battling Covid
• Wildlife haven protected as theme park threat looms
• New plan for UK-wide insect superhighways launched
• EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn bee-killing pesticide ban
• New bug splatter app to reveal more about insect populations
• On the ‘Bee Path’ – Europe progresses towards halting pollinator declines
• Taylor Wimpey commits to ambitious climate and nature goals
• Multi-million pound boost for green jobs and nature recovery
• Medical drugs harmful to invertebrates present in British waterways
• Lifting ban on bee-killing pesticide would be ‘disaster for nature’
• Environment Bill no vote for bees in Commons
• Winners announced in the Buglife Bug Photography Awards 2021
• Swanscombe saved – for now. But campaigners stress the fight is not over.
• Bugs Matter survey finds that UK flying insects have declined by nearly 60% in less than 20 years
• Buglife’s B-Line events set to create a buzz for Cornwall’s rare and threatened bees
• Buglife applauds revolutionary use of trade measures to save global pollinator populations.
• “Splatometers” at the ready for Bugs Matter this Summer!
• Research shows potentially dangerous levels of medical drugs for wildlife in British rivers
• The Silent Killer of UK Rivers: new study shows English rivers exhibiting increased chemical stress and declining invertebrate diversity
• Citizen Scientists across the UK demonstrate that “Bugs Matter” this summer
• Sixty years later, book that launched environmental movement exposes Government’s inaction on pesticides
• New populations of rare beetle discovered on Dartmoor
• New populations of rare bees discovered in Cornwall
• Further insect number declines in 2022 – a long-term trend or the result of record summer temperatures?
• Lost bumblebee rediscovered on South Devon coast
• New research on bees shows current safety tests of insecticides are inadequate
• Citizen science programme suggests dramatic decline in Kent insect numbers, as UK Government approve the use of lethal pesticides
• Action required to halt crustacean crises in UK seas
• Exciting new Buglife project, “Pollinators Along the Tweed”, gets underway
• Virtual ‘splatometer’ makes it even easier for citizen scientists to contribute to Bugs Matter survey
• Conservationists race to save critically endangered insect found in the River Dee in Wales
• Citizen Scientists across the UK demonstrate that “Bugs Matter” this summer
• New review finds half of Britain’s crown jewels of nature at risk of global extinction
• Putting Welsh Bugs on the Map - a world first!
• Help blue beetles this Blue Monday
• “Jewel of York” Tansy Beetle populations are shining!
• Swarm of support for Scotland’s pollinators
• Move to close the loophole of the use of banned pesticides
• ‘Forever chemicals’ detected in UK food, prompting concerns regarding impact on human health
• Bugs Matter Citizen Science survey shows further decreases in UK insect numbers
• Extreme weather is opening the floodgates to nature invaders in the UK
• Volunteers contribute record numbers of surveys to UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
• Openreach joins UK-wide insect biodiversity survey, encouraging other vehicle fleet owners to step up
• European Glow-worm and Firefly Species are in decline
• Where have all the insects gone? Conservationists’ call to show that Bugs Matter
• Sustainable Solution: Surplus Bricks Repurposed to Create Vital Habitats for Endangered Crayfish
• Belfast wildlife havens under threat
• Citizen scientists across the UK buzzed into action for Bugs Matter this summer
• New project gives Scotland’s rivers £1.8 million boost
• Kent Wildlife Trust Winner of 2024 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant UK for Nonprofits
• Help blue beetles this Blue Monday
• Buglife applauds Government decision to refuse the use of a banned pesticide in 2025
• Join the hunt: Rare Scottish oil beetles need your eagle eyes
• Bugs Matter citizen science survey finds dramatic decline in flying insects splatted on number plates in Kent
• Endangered White-clawed Crayfish successfully relocated in ground breaking conservation effort
• Don’t Neglect the Night: Urgent call to protect the other half of nature
• Canvey Wick: the Essex oasis home to more than 3,200 species
• Thousands join epic mission to measure the health of insect populations across the UK and Ireland
• Campaign to save Coul Links calls on everyone to defend this special place for wildlife and help ensure it remains protected from damaging development
• Declaration Issued to Halt UK Insect Declines as Evidence Mounts of National Crisis
• Britain’s Rarest Cricket Gets a Helping Hand
• Three years on - a renewed call to protect a wildlife haven
• Just add water: heavy rainfall revives ancient species on the Scottish Solway Coast
• New Manifestos for Bugs in Scotland and Wales
• New data suggest that insect life continues to decline, despite a hot summer
• A buzz of hope: will you help Surrey’s amazing pollinators?
• Exciting new bee discovery on the North Cornwall coast
• A buzz of hope: will you help Sussex’s amazing pollinators?
• Love Your Pet, Not Pesticides: New Report Warns of Flea and Tick Treatment Threat to Rivers
• Bugs Matter 2026: Popular UK Insect Survey crosses the Channel
• Statement on the removal of species-rich grassland action from the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026

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