Buglife

🪲 Help save the small things that run the planet 🪲 We depend on your support to continue protecting and championing a safe and secure future for invertebrates – they are essential to life as we know it! Head to our website and choose how much you'd like to contribute, and how often 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJPgYphC Thank you for your support 💙 . . 📷 Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) in perennial hay meadow, Cornwall © Claire Pumfrey . . #Buglife #InvertebrateConservation #SupportNature #Conservation #LoveBugs

Have you come across algae blooms on your winter walks? Join Buglife Conservation Director, Craig Macadam, in this reflection on the devastating consequences and realities that algae blooms have on our freshwater systems. 🤷 Ever wondered what eutrophication actually is?  ☠️ Where the excess nutrients that cause this pollution come from?  🤝 What should be done to address this issue? Craig covers it all, read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/eMtQEX7B . . 📷 Algae at Lake of Menteith © Craig Macadam . . #BuglifeBlog #Freshwater #Pollution #Eutrophication #InvertebrateConservation

A massive thank you to everyone who voted for Save Middlewick Ranges Film in the Smiley Charity Film Awards! We're finalists 🎉 This short film by Ross Birnie introduces Middlewick Ranges and the local community fighting to save it. 👇 https://lnkd.in/eqwCvJjZ Middlewick Ranges in Colchester is a haven for nature and people in an increasingly congested city. Despite being the largest remaining intact acid grassland in Essex, it was earmarked for up to 1,000 houses which would see the site destroyed and its rare species lost forever. However, just last week we received news that the local council were recommending that the Middlewick Ranges is removed from its Local Plan 👉https://lnkd.in/eJKenAZZ We now await judging for the final results. Keep your fingers crossed for more positive news 🤞 Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, Colchester Natural History Society, CPRE Essex, Essex Field Club, Essex Wildlife Trust and the Friends of Middlewick have been working closely to secure the site’s future. . . #MiddlewickRanges #BuglifeCampaigns #SaveTheWick

Interested in which invertebrates you might see in your garden this month? 🎙️ Buglife Director of Fundraising and Communications, Paul Hetherington, discussed just that on the latest episode of The Happy Garden Podcast! 👂Have a listen, or listen again (listening time 01:12:00-01:20:10) and find out which visitors to expect (we've given you a hint in the picture 😉) 👇 https://lnkd.in/egA2WXr4 . . 📷 Leopard Slug (Limax maximus) © Mike Smith (Flickr, CC BY 2.0) . . #Buglife #Gardening #GardenForBugs

🌱 ‘Getting wildflowers to work on your farm for business and biodiversity’ - part of the RSPB Hope Farm Technical Webinar Series 2025. 🗓️ Tuesday 18 February  🕡 18:30  📌 Online (via Zoom)  Join the RSPB Hope Farm team, nature-friendly farmer, John Secker, and Buglife B-Lines Officer, Rachel Richards, to discuss the practicalities of managing wildflowers and how they can deliver the most on farm, making the biggest difference for farmland wildlife, and sustainable food production. ℹ️ Find out more and book via Zoom 👇  https://lnkd.in/eMUph5n4

Delve into the mind of a bee with Lars Chittka and explore the ways in which how bee brains are unparalleled in the animal kingdom.   🧠 Join Biological Recording Company for the entoLIVE webinar, The Mind of a Bee: An Exploration of the Intelligence of Bees 🗓️ Tuesday 18 February 🕡 19:00 - 20:00 📌 Online (via Zoom) 🐝Most of us are aware of the hive mind—the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? Lars Chittka, author of 'The Mind of a Bee' and Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology at Queen Mary College of the University of London, draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities.   ℹ️ Find out more and book via Eventbrite 👇 https://lnkd.in/dRs_PFfu . . #entoLIVE #Partnership 

Learn how to provide a space for wildlife in your garden and community spaces. 🔎 Join Biological Recording Company on the 'Shelter for Wildlife: Simple Steps to Boost Biodiversity' webinar. 🗓️ Thursday 13 February 🕡 12:30 - 14:00  📌 Online (via Zoom) 🪱 The four basic needs of wildlife are food, water, shelter, and air. Shelter is important for providing a safe space for wildlife from the elements and other wildlife. During this talk, you will explore two kinds of shelter for wildlife: Garden bird Nest Boxes with Hazel McCambridge from British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Deadwood with Caitlin McLeod from Buglife. ℹ️ Find out more and book via Eventbrite 👇 https://lnkd.in/e_BKUUTG. . . #Partnership 

📣 New Opportunity 📣 We have a unique opportunity to contribute to the smooth operation of our HR systems and processes, supporting our mission to preserve and protect biodiversity. 📝 Could you be our HR Administrator? ℹ️ Find out more & apply 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJf2nEVn Join us and help save the small things that run the planet!  Not for you? ❤️🔁 to spread the word. . . #BuglifeJobs #HR

Join our Team – Natur am Byth! Trainee – Swansea Bay project (dual language post (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿& 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿) 🕷️ Buglife Cymru is offering an opportunity of a paid traineeship to help deliver our nature recovery project in Swansea Bay. 🌱 We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate person in the early stages of their nature conservation career. The trainee will have a unique opportunity to gain confidence and develop a variety of new skills. Find out more & apply  👇 https://lnkd.in/ezp2nJVi Not for you? ❤️🔁 with your family & friends, to help Wales' invertebrates. *************************************** Ymunwch â'n tîm - Hyfforddai Natur am Byth! – prosiect Bae Abertawe 🕷️ Mae Buglife Cymru yn cynnig cyfle am hyfforddeiaeth â thâl er mwyn helpu i drosglwyddo ein prosiect adfer natur ym Mae Abertawe. 🌱 Rydym yn chwilio am berson eiddgar a brwdfrydig sydd ar ddechrau eu gyrfa cadwraeth natur. Caiff yr hyfforddai gyfle unigryw i ennill hyder a datblygu amrywiaeth o sgiliau newydd.  Sut i ymgeisio 👇 https://lnkd.in/ezp2nJVi Ddim i chi?❤️🔁 gyda’ch teulu a’ch ffrindiau, i helpu infertebratau Cymru. . . #BuglifeCymru #NaB #ConservationCareer #NaturAmByth

Colchester City Council has recommended that the nationally important Middlewick Ranges wildlife site is removed from its Local Plan.  🪧 Buglife have been campaigning alongside other charities and local community groups to save this site after plans were announced for up to 1,000 houses to be built on the land. 🪲 Thanks to strong evidence of Middlewick’s ecological importance and an overwhelming response from the local community, the council is recommending that it be spared. 🌳 The Friends of Middlewick have created a Vision for a Middlewick Ranges Nature Reserve – which explains why the site is so important to local residents and what a nature reserve could look like.  💙 This is a fantastic step towards making this Vision a reality on the Middlewick Ranges! ℹ️Find out more and explore the Vision  👇 https://lnkd.in/eJKenAZZ  . . 📷 Grassland and oak landscape on the Middlewick Ranges © Gosia Zaborny . . #SaveTheWick #MiddlewickRanges #SavingSites #BuglifeCampaigns Essex Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation CPRE The countryside charity RSPB #FriendsOfMiddlewick #ColchesterNaturalHistorySociety #EssexFieldClub