Buglife

Did you catch Hayley Herridge, The Pollinator Gardener on BBC Radio Devon earlier this month talking about Buglife: The B-Lines Garden & winning gold at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival? 🐝If not, have a listen (skip to 1:31:45 - listening time approximately 7 minutes) 👇 https://lnkd.in/emn8iMiZ ℹ️ Want to know more about the B-Lines Garden and what happens next? 👇 https://lnkd.in/eCejgqeP . . 📷 Hayley Herridge ©️ Lauren Wiig

A huge congratulations to the Canvey Wick project partnership team on winning Project Of The Year 2024 in The Land Trust awards on Wednesday! 🤩 A great result & deserved recognition of the importance of this brownfield site & all the work taking place there. ℹ️ Canvey Wick is a 93 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest on Canvey Island in Essex. Rich in plants, insects and animals, there are more species per square metre here than any other site in the UK. It has even been referred to as ‘England’s Rainforest’. As such, it’s one of the most important British sites for endangered invertebrates. The RSPB manage just under 19ha of the SSSI as a nature reserve in partnership with Buglife, on behalf of the Land Trust, with work underway to bring more of the site under management with public access. 🎉 Congratulations to everyone involved in preserving and sharing the story of this once threatened brownfield site and its smaller inhabitants. 👇 https://lnkd.in/eQFexFN7 . . #CanveyWick #Brownfield #Award

This week along with Fidra, the Environmental Investigation Agency, and 15 co-signatory organisations, we have published a joint position paper highlighting the critical and urgent need for regulatory action on addressing microplastic and chemical contamination of sewage sludge used in agriculture. ℹ️ Full Position Paper: https://lnkd.in/gQr8Vr39 We urge the UK Government to adopt these recommendations swiftly to protect our soils, waterways, and public health. ✅ Such regulations will pave the way for a safer, more sustainable circular economy. . . #Microplastics #PFAS #Sewage #Sludge #CircularEconomy #WildlifeWednesday

Join Buglife Conservation Director, Craig Macadam, as he shares some interesting insights into the Species on the Edge Partnership Programme Tadpole Shrimp project, which aims to re-establish a second population of Tadpole Shrimp on the Solway Coast. "It might not look like much but the handful of sediment in my hand probably contains 50 or so eggs of one of the rarest invertebrates in Britain, and one of the oldest known animal species in the world. 220 million years ago, while dinosaurs roamed the land, these amazing crustaceans were swimming around their feet in temporary pools and wetlands...!" Read the full story 👇 https://lnkd.in/eaBjD9Y7 . . 📷 Tadpole Shrimp sediment © Craig Macadam . . #SpeciesRecovery #TadpoleShrimp #BuglifeScotland

It's #WorldFireflyDay! (July 6-7) 🤔 Have you seen a glow-worm this year? No? Neither have we! #️⃣ In doing what we can to raise awareness of glow-worms and fireflies, we think they deserve their own emoji! 🤝Join us in our campaign to keep the glow-worms light burning brightly, not just in its natural environment, but in people's minds and online too! ✅ Post about glow-worms and fireflies, share your pictures, share other's posts and make sure you use the hashtags #GlowWorm #GlowWorms #FireFly #FireFlies! . . #LightPollution #CurtainsForLightPollution #NurtureTheNightShift

Did you know that today (July 6-7) is #WorldFireflyDay?  The Common Glow-worm (Lampyris noctilucca), is now categorised as Near Threatened according to the latest assessment of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.  👇 https://lnkd.in/e3QNwVYk ❓The Common Glow-worm is a beetle which produces its own light through bioluminescence. It's the most familiar and widespread glow-worm species, but recent assessments suggest that their populations are threatened and may be pushed to extinction in the near future.  🌎 Their global distribution ranges from northern Portugal to eastern Siberia, where they thrive in open grasslands and the females' glow is most visible; their larvae prefer scrub and hedgerows where they hunt for snails and slugs. 🤔 Have you seen a glow-worm this year? No? Neither have we! #️⃣ In doing what we can to raise awareness of glow-worms and fireflies, we think they deserve their own emoji! 🤝Join us in our campaign to keep the glow-worms light burning brightly, not just in its natural environment, but in people's minds and online too! ✅ Post about glow-worms and fireflies, share your pictures, share others posts and make sure you use the hashtags #GlowWorm #GlowWorms and #FireFly #FireFlies! . . 📷 Common Glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) © Kristian Pikner, CC BY-SA 4.0 . . #LightPollution #NurtureTheNightShift #CurtainsForLightPollution

We're delighted to share that Hayley Herridge, The Pollinator Gardener, has won a gold medal for Buglife: The B-Lines Garden at RHS - Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.   👇 https://lnkd.in/ePTwy2Ty 🐝 What a fantastic result for pollinators this Solitary Bee Week; well done Hayley! ❗️But it's not over yet! You can help us create a bigger buzz for pollinators and win another award for the Buglife: The B-Lines Garden by voting in the RHS People’s Choice Award before 9:00am on Friday 5 July. ℹ️ Follow the link below. Scroll down to "Pocket Planting" and select "Buglife: The B-Lines Garden"  👇 https://lnkd.in/exQEMeri . . #SolitaryBeeWeek #BLines #PollinatorsWelcome #EarnYourStripes Eden Project Eden Project University Centre- Cornwall College Horniman Museum and Gardens

📑 Have you seen our 2024 General Election - Manifesto for Bugs? 🤎 It sets out what our smallest and most numerous creatures need from any future Government. Invertebrates are the foundations of a healthy environment, they are essential to ecosystem function and without healthy populations, it is impossible to halt nature's decline.    ✅ As well as achieving existing targets and pledges, halting nature loss, and reversing invertebrate declines will require the following actions and commitments:  🌼Reconnect our landscape by filling B-Lines with wildflower-rich stepping-stones;  💡Set light pollution reduction targets;  🐝 Strengthen bee-friendly pesticide;  💚 Dedicate new resources to save our most threatened species;  🏠 Improve planning for invertebrates;  🌍 Lead global action on nature-positive trade;  ❌ Stop the sale of banned toxins for domestic use. ℹ️ Read the full Manifesto for Bugs in detail  👇 https://lnkd.in/esP-vtv5 ❤️🔃 our Manifesto for Bugs to keep bugs on the agenda! . . #Manifesto #ManifestoForBugs #BugsMatter #WildlifeWednesday #GeneralElection #SolitaryBeeWeek

The Common Glow-worm (Lampyris noctilucca), is now categorised as Near Threatened according to the latest assessment of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.  👇 https://lnkd.in/e3QNwVYk ❓The Common Glow-worm is a beetle which produces its own light through bioluminescence to communicate. It's the most familiar and widespread glow-worm species, but the recent assessments suggest that their populations are threatened and may be pushed to extinction in the near future.  🌎 Their global distribution ranges from northern Portugal to eastern Siberia, where these beetles thrive in open grasslands and the females' glow is most visible; their larvae prefer scrub and hedgerows where they hunt for snails and slugs. 💡Light pollution has been identified as a driver of their population decline along with other human-induced challenges such as habitat loss, climate change and use of chemicals in agriculture.  Female glow-worms emit light to attract mates but the increase in Artificial Light At Night (ALAN) has meant a lack of success in mate attraction, resulting in decreases in their populations.  🔍 Solutions to reversing the negative trends in their population include switching off unnecessary lights, identifying, protecting, and restoring glow-worm habitats and recording glow-worm sightings.  Stronger policies that recognise light as a pollutant are needed to save these glorious bioluminescent beetles. . . #GlowWorm #FireFly #LightPollution #NurtureTheNightShift #CurtainsForLightPollution IUCN DarkSky

Exciting Bugs Matter news for Insect Week 2024! 👇 https://lnkd.in/ecg26Quy "We’re thrilled that Openreach is using their vast operational reach to amplify the Bugs Matter message. Their mobilization for this cause throws down the gauntlet for other major fleets to get onboard as well.” ~ Paul Hetherington Buglife Director of Fundraising and Communications 🪰 Openreach has the potential to make a huge difference to the study and is aiming to double last year’s input data by recording 4000 Openreach journeys alone.   ℹ️ Find out more and read the full story 👇 https://lnkd.in/ecg26Quy . . #BugsMatter #InsectWeek #InsectWeek2024 #CitizenScience #Openreach Kent Wildlife Trust