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Scotland’s deep seas are crucial for the health of our planet, providing homes for rare species and helping to regulate our climate. 🌊 In 2014, the Scottish Government created 20 offshore Marine Protected Areas, aiming to protect these precious ecosystems. 🔟 But 10 years later, they are still waiting for vital protection measures.  We need your help to make sure these protections are in place by 2025. 🗣️ Join Scottish Environment LINK, and Buglife, in speaking up for Scotland’s seas! Add your voice today 👇 www.scotlink.org/deepseas  . . #BuglifeScotland #OceanRecoveryNow

Citizen scientists across the UK buzzed into action for Bugs Matter this summer 🪰The end of summer saw the conclusion of this year’s national insect survey, Bugs Matter, on 30 September. 🤝Bugs Matter, led by conservation charities Buglife and Kent Wildlife Trust, is one of the UK’s few long-term citizen science surveys of flying insect abundance, generating critically important data. 📈 This year saw greater participation than ever before... ℹ️ Find out more and read the full story 👇 https://lnkd.in/e5HPP27k . . #BugsMatter #InsectDecline

Conservation charities call on Secretary of State to save MoD wildlife haven. 📝 Wildlife charities have written to the Secretary of State for Defence, John Healy, calling on him to step in and save a nationally important wildlife site in Essex.  🏘 The Middlewick Ranges in Colchester has been put up for sale, with the land earmarked for up to 1,000 houses to be built- despite it being one of Essex’s largest remaining acid grassland habitats. 🌳 Wildlife experts say that the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) actions would be at odds with its biodiversity commitments and the sustainable development commitments of the Government.   🐝They suggest that the sale of Middlewick Ranges would set a worrying precedent for Government departments ignoring their responsibilities for wildlife and set back the Government’s vital nature recovery ambitions. ℹ️ Find out more and read the full story  👇 https://lnkd.in/eGHQWFmr . . 📷 Necklace Ground Beetle (Carabus monilis) © Matt Berry . . #BuglifeCampaign #SaveTheWick #MiddlewickRanges Essex Wildlife Trust RSPB Butterfly Conservation CPRE Essex CPRE The countryside charity Essex Birdwatching Society

Last week Changing Chalk Conservation Officer, Alice, was joined by volunteers from Buglife Corporate Investors, Aurum. 🦗 This fantastic group enjoyed a bit of scrub bashing on the South Downs, helping to restore some chalk grassland for pollinators and Wart-biters. 😎 They were also treated to some beautiful views, once the weather cleared up, and whilst taking a breather. 👏 Thank you to everyone who joined us, and thanks too to The South Downs National Trust for the loan of the tools for the session. . . 📷 Corporate Investors in Nature Volunteers, Aurum, supporting Changing Chalk ©️ Alice Parfitt . . #ChangingChalk #SpeciesRecovery #CorporateInvestors The National Lottery Heritage Fund Sussex Community Foundation Milkywire

Dee & Don Guardians of our Rivers Networking Event Are you joining Buglife Scotland's Guardians of our Rivers team, Dee Catchment Partnership, Aberdeen & District Angling Association & The River Dee Trust for Dee & Don Guardians of our Rivers Networking Event? 🗓️ Sunday 6 October 🕙 10:00-12:00 📌 Crathes Public Hall, AB31 5JN 💧An opportunity for the community groups behind these sites to meet & discuss their experiences, ask for ID help, & find out how their actions are helping our understanding of invertebrates & river health around Scotland. To attend/find out more ➡️ [email protected] . . #GooR #BuglifeScotland #GuardiansOfOurRivers NatureScot

Travelling this weekend? 🪰 It's your last opportunity to take part in #BugsMatter 2024 as the survey season ends Monday 30 September! 🚗 Support our important initiative measuring insect splats on vehicle number plates as a marker of insect abundance.  Will you make your journey count? 👇 https://lnkd.in/gKNurK2z . . 📷 "Circling gnats" ©️ Gerry Proteau . . #BugsMatter #CitizenScience Kent Wildlife Trust

We are searching for an Interim Director of Transformation to help grow Buglife's impact through digital transformation and strategic development. Further details below. Closing Date: Wednesday 2 October ❤️🔃 Not for you? Please like and share to increase reach and help us find our new colleague! . . #JobsInConservation #Opportunity #Transformation

Are you joining Buglife Get the Marches Buzzing Conservation Officer, Emily, Herefordshire Meadows and Telford & Wrekin Council to celebrate two years of B-Lines work in Shropshire and North Herefordshire? 🗓️ Wednesday 2 October 🕐 19:00 - 20:15 📌 Online via Zoom 🐝Discover more about Get the Marches Buzzing and how the project worked to restore flower-rich habitat for pollinators including the rare Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) and Bilberry Bumblebee (Bombus monticola). ℹ️ Find out how you can add your own flower-rich habitat to Buglife's B-Lines map too! To book your place please visit our TryBooking Page ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eTRqmC8Q or for more information please email Emily ([email protected]). . . #GtMB #BLines Severn Trent The National Lottery Heritage Fund Milkywire

Did you catch this lovely short video from West Midlands Combined Authority last month featuring Buglife's Crayfish Conservation Officer, Liz? 🦞 If so, why not grab a cuppa, have a watch and learn more about the Midland's Crayfish Partnership and the work being done to help the White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)? 👇 https://lnkd.in/e77gzsqN . . #SpeciesRecovery #Crayfish

Join our Natur am Byth colleagues for the first in a series of exciting webinars with Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd - National Museum Cardiff exploring different species of some of Wales’ most rarely seen wild animals and plants.  🗓️ Tuesday 1 October 🕕 18:00 - 20:00 📌 Online 🐌The first webinar will explore the wonderful world of molluscs which survive in wild corners all around Wales. 📷 Using photos and video from the Museum and from outdoor habitats, expert curators will take you on a “virtual field trip” revealing what makes the species unique, and what it takes to protect them. 🔎 From the tiny whorl snails of sand dunes, to the mysterious Arctic Pea Clam of mountain lakes, and the Native Oyster once abundant in our seas, molluscs survive in wild corners all around Wales ℹ️ This event is free to attend but booking is essential. Register your interest here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eEmV6PGK . . #NaB #BuglifeCymru #ConservationOptimism