Buglife News: Volunteers contribute record numbers of surveys to UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme ( www.buglife.org.uk )
A surge in volunteer participation has bolstered the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) over the past year....
Buglife News: Extreme weather is opening the floodgates to nature invaders in the UK ( www.buglife.org.uk )
As Invasive Non-Native Species Week (20th – 26th May) gets underway nature groups including The Rivers Trust, Plantlife, and Buglife are calling for Government action to stop a flood of new nature invaders arriving and spreading in the UK due to more extreme weather....
Buglife News: Colourful new species discovered in Ireland! ( www.buglife.org.uk )
A team of entomologists and naturalists from Northern Ireland and Germany have described a new species of beetle, previously unknown to science. The colourful insect, nicknamed the “Fence-climber Twiglet Weevil” due to its prevalence on wooden fences, was discovered in County Down by Buglife Conservation Officer Joshua...
Buglife Events ~ Butterflies Through Time: Climate Change, Conservation & Historic Specimens - 30th April, free ( www.buglife.org.uk )
Date: Tuesday 30th April, 2024 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm...
Buglife News: Wildlife conservation bodies counter “ill-advised attack” on Natural England in letter to Secretary of State ( www.buglife.org.uk )
Norfolk Wildlife Trust has today sent a letter to the Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, DEFRA Secretary of State....
Buglife News: Buglife launches Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt for 2024 as part of the Species on the Edge programme ( www.buglife.org.uk )
Buglife’s citizen science project, the Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt, needs your help. As part of the partnership programme, Species on the Edge, members of the public are asked to look out for these amazing beetles and record any sightings....
Buglife Events ~ Earthworms of the UK with The Biological Recording Company - Monday 8th April, 2024 - 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Online *FREE* ( www.buglife.org.uk )
Learn about the 31 species of earthworm occurring in natural habitats across the United Kingdom with Keiron Derek Brown....
Buglife News: Join the Search for the Strandline Beetle ( www.buglife.org.uk )
The Strandline Beetle (Eurynebria complanata) is very striking in appearance; with its black and sandy coloured patterns it is quite unmistakable. Historically the Strandline Beetle has been found scuttling along both sides of the Bristol Channel in England and Wales but sadly, the beetle’s range has declined over the last...
Conservationists race to save critically endangered insect found in the River Dee in Wales ( www.buglife.org.uk )
Staff at the conservation zoo, renowned for its work to bring species back from the brink, were called in by fellow charity Buglife Cymru to start an emergency breeding effort for the Scarce Yellow Sally Stonefly - part of a rescue mission to save the species from extinction following its rediscovery in the River Dee, North...
