FROM BUG LIFE — EVERYTHING SMALL NEEDS OUR HELP

Buglife Logo saving the small things that run the planet View this email in your browser Dear John Welcome to the September edition of Buglife's e-newsletter, BugBytes! Keeping you up to date with invertebrate news, interesting snippets of information and so much more. This month we’re sharing some more great events, some fundraising opportunities, a quick look at some of our recent saving sites and campaign work and some interesting news stories from across the Buglife Team. We hope you enjoy, thank you for your ongoing interest and support of our work. We are live! Our GiveMatch Autumn Appeal, Help us raise funds for Buglife, is live! Your donation could help us: 🌼 Restore wildflower-rich habitats through our B-Lines network; 🪲 Relocate and protect rare and at-risk invertebrate populations; 📜 Raise awareness and influence policy to protect biodiversity long-term. This autumn, your support could have twice the impact. Thanks to GiveMatch, your donation could be doubled at no extra cost to you - more wildflowers for pollinators, more safe spaces for rare species, and more power to restore the wild places that invertebrates need to survive and thrive. Together, we can save the small things that run the planet, so please give what you can to help us protect the small things we all depend on. Find out more and double your donation today! Six-spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) © Claire Pumfrey Six-spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) © Claire Pumfrey Save Coul Links Coul Links is under threat once again. This beautiful habitat in the Scottish Highlands is home to rare and incredible wildlife, from the globally endangered endemic Fonseca’s Seed Fly (Botanophila fonsecai) through to the red listed Skylark. ⛳Threatened for the second time by plans for a golf course which would cause irreparable damage to this rare habitat. Join us in sending a message to Scottish Ministers urging them to refuse this damaging application. Coul Links © RSPB Scotland Find out more and add your voice… What makes Coul Links so special? The Save Coul Links Conservation Coalition has been working together to save a special corner of the Scottish coast and the amazing wildlife found there, since August 2016. It can sometimes be easy to lose focus on what is really being fought for in such impassioned campaigns to save nature. With the area being threatened, once again, it is timely to reflect on the beautiful landscape at Coul Links and the incredible wildlife that calls it home. In a blog, originally written prior to the inquiry in November 2024, Buglife Programmes Manager, Jamie, explores just what it is that makes Coul Links so special. Join him, as he discovers just some of the important habitats and special species that call Coul Links home. Read the Blog Coul Links © Bea Ayling 👏Thank you!👏 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supports Buglife via easyfundraising.org.uk. 👍Just by taking an extra step when you shop online and collecting a free donation for us, we've currently raised over £224.06! Not one of our supporters yet? Please join today! Find out more… a dragonfly perched on a twig alongside the easyfundraising logo An Introduction to the Wonderful World of Wasps. Join Buglife guest blog author, Animal Behaviour graduate from the University of Exeter and Translating Science Writer for Another Way, Maria Giulia Checchi, in our recent blog An Introduction to the Wonderful World of Wasps: Meet the Heath Sand Wasp. Wednesday 24 September saw us celebrating World Wasp Day. But what comes to mind when you hear mention of wasps? A black and yellow insect with a bad temper, ready to sting with little or no notice? This common description hides the true beauty of wasp diversity, so let's see if we can enlighten and change your view of wasps. Scaly Cricket (Psuedomogoplistes vicentae) © Alex Hyde Ammophila sp. © Daniel Greenwood (iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0) Strandline Beetle (Eurynebria complanata) © Liam Olds Ammophila sp. © Daniel Greenwood (iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0) Read the blog Upcoming events Tuesday 30 September ~ Volunteers Needed! with Pollinators Along the Tweed (Melrose, Scotland) Wednesday 1 October ~ Bug Club! for Home Ed Families at Canvey Wick (Canvey Wick Nature Reserve, Essex) Wednesday 1 October ~ Earthworm Sampling Day with The Biological Recording Company (Galleywall Nature Reserve, London) Wednesday 1 October ~ Wellies on the Wick (Canvey Wick Nature Reserve, Essex) Thursday 2 October ~ Surveying for Pollinators with The Biological Recording Company (online) Saturday 4 October ~ Adder Action Walk with Coal Spoil Connections (Tonypandy, Wales) Saturday 4 October ~ Tayside Recorders’ Day 2025 with Tayside Recorders’ Forum (Perth, Scotland) Monday 6 October ~ Syrph-ing the Continents: Hoverflies, Our Unsung Agricultural Heroes with The Biological Recording Company (online) Tuesday 7 October ~ Earthworm Identification with Microscopes with The Biological Recording Company (Natural History Museum, London) Wednesday 8 October ~ Invertebrate Study Day with The Biological Recording Company (Natural History Museum, London) Wednesday 8 October ~ Walk the Wick! (Canvey Wick Nature Reserve, Essex) Monday 13 October ~ Getting to Know Weevils with The Biological Recording Company (online) Wednesday 15 October ~ Bug Club! for Home Ed Families at Canvey Wick (Canvey Wick Nature Reserve, Essex) Wednesday 15 October ~ Wellies on the Wick (Canvey Wick Nature Reserve, Essex) Wednesday 22 October ~ Walk the Wick! (Canvey Wick Nature Reserve, Essex) Saturday 25 October ~ Halloween at the Farm (Ballycastle, Northern Ireland) Monday 27 October ~ Terrestrial Harvestmen with The Biological Recording Company (online) Tuesday 28 October ~ Riverwoods Film Night with Buglife Scotland (Tain, Scotland) Tuesday 4 November ~ More Moths Please! Breeding and Reintroducing the Dark Bordered Beauty with The Biological Recording Company (online) Please do remember that our website Events Page is being updated all the time so, to keep up to date with both current and future Buglife events, as well as events from partners and supporters, be sure to visit regularly. Advanced warning of two exciting November events What’s the buzz? Declaration Issued to Halt UK Insect Declines Read the story… During September’s inaugural Wild Summit event, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities supported by organisations, institutions, and community representatives issued a united Declaration on UK Insect Declines, calling for urgent, coordinated action to address the steep and ongoing losses in the United Kingdom’s insect populations. The declaration, proposed by Buglife, Butterfly Conservation and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and supported by over 50 signatories, urges governments, land managers, businesses, and the public to take immediate steps to reverse declines in insect abundance, diversity, and distribution. “Reversing insect decline is essential, not optional,” the declaration states, “for halting nature loss and achieving the UK’s climate and biodiversity goals.” Following the Buzz: Aberdeen Nectar Networks to expand pollinator havens across the city “Aberdeen Nectar Networks”, a new Buglife Scotland partnership project restoring up to eight hectares of wildflower-rich habitat across the city, is set to create a buzz for local pollinators and communities, expanding on the work of previous projects in the area. Aberdeen Nectar Networks marks the next chapter in the city’s journey toward a greener, more pollinator-friendly future; connecting communities, greenspaces, and promoting biodiversity within the urban landscape. Read the story… Volunteers sowing wildflower seeds across sites at RGU campus © Becca Petrie For all our latest news please visit our website News Pages. Buglife shop The Buglife Shop is open for all your invertebrate needs, offering more ethical options and ways for you to support bugs. Whether you’re looking for clothing, insurance, home accessories or gifts for a loved one; there’s something for everyone! a shopping bag with a picture of a firefly on it a packet of native wildflower seeds Visit the Buglife shop Don't forget you can stay up to date with the work of the Buglife team via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube! Thank you for your continued interest in and support of our work; together we can save the small things that run the planet! 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