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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbers - Annual survey of number plates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021 Story by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbers

Annual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021

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Andrew Whitehouse @andwhitehouse.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Our Bugs Matter survey in partnership with @kentwildlife.bsky.social Trust has found further declines in flying insects. The latest data indicates that the abundance of flying insects in the UK has fallen by a staggering 63% since 2021. www.buglife.org.uk/news/bugs-ma... #Buglife #BugsMatter

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Buglife News ~ Bugs Matter survey shows ongoing decline in UK flying insects

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Andrew Whitehouse @andwhitehouse.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Curtains for Light Pollution is raising awareness of how everyone can help reduce light pollution and the impact it has on wildlife and people. We are 95% of the way towards hitting out fundraising target - donate today and your contributions will be doubled! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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Curtains for Light Pollution – Big Give

Every time we turn on a light, we risk polluting the natural world. Curtains for Light Pollution is raising awareness …

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Andrew Whitehouse @andwhitehouse.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

A camera-shy female Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) at Wembury Point, South Devon today. The #LifeOnTheEdge project would like to know if you have seen any oil beetles on the S Devon coast: www.southdevon-nl.org.uk/life-on-the-... #Buglife #SouthDevonNL #NationalTrust

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Dr Rose O’Neill @roseoneill.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

“If ministers don’t want to be challenged in the courts, they should act within the law” not block one of the few levers we have to protect the environment. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Legal challenges to UK infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth

Keir Starmer hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more

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Andrew Whitehouse @andwhitehouse.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

UK Governments are failing in their commitments to nature: England www.theguardian.com/environment/... Scotland www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Wales www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 3 countries,same over-arching issues: lack of urgency,lack of action & lack of investment in nature's recovery

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Window to stop decline of England’s nature closing fast, watchdog says

Office for Environmental Protection calls for urgent action after finding government is falling short on most targets

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Andrew Whitehouse @andwhitehouse.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Help blue beetles this #BlueMonday! If you have seen a Blue Ground Beetle in Devon or Cornwall please let us know. Your record will help us to better understand how this magnificent is doing, and maybe discover new populations! www.buglife.org.uk/news/help-bl... #Buglife #BlueBugs

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Buglife News: Help blue beetles this Blue Monday

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Ruth Chambers @ruthchambers.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🔍The Office for Environmental Protection has assessed government progress on the environment in 2023-24. 📉 The verdict? It's largely off track. 🚀 This government can catch up if it acts now. www.theoep.org.uk/report/gover...

A table showing government progress on various environmental trends in 2023 to 2024.

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Andrew Whitehouse @andwhitehouse.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Fantastic beasts and where to find them! The Buglife Bug Directory is jam packed full of amazing creature features - find out more about the small things that run the world: www.buglife.org.uk/bugs/bug-dir...

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Bug Directory

Try our Bug indentification guide here or become a member to submit stories about missing bugs.

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 17/11/2024

Last year Buglife undertook global IUCN Red List assessments for 20 of the 22 endemic invertebrate species in the UK. This blog explains the results of this assessment. 🧪 🌍 #invertebrates #conservation #entomology #biology #science #RedList #IUCN biologicalrecording.co.uk/2024/07/19/e...

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Britain’s Endemic Invertebrates

Craig Macadam delves into the work of Buglife on the UK’s 22 species of endemic invertebrates.

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Laura Larkin @lauralarkin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A very exciting opportunity to work with Buglife in Cornwall! Why not come and join our lovely south west team and work on a fantastic project helping threatened invertebrates around the beautiful Cornish coast www.buglife.org.uk/job/conserva...

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