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Wildlife organisations call to arms to help Devon's bees

Buglife and other organisations involved in Devon Local Nature Partnership are appealing to Devon's residents to do one simple thing to help bees and other pollinating insects this National Pollinator Week.

Wild bees and other insect pollinators are faced with a perfect storm of pressures which have all led to their decline, these include: a loss of wildflower-rich habitats through the...

Trust rears rare Devon species

A Devon conservation charity has taken another step to help save a threatened native species.

The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, based at Paignton Zoo, has teamed up with the Environment Agency and Buglife to rear white-clawed crayfish.

The white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is one of the largest freshwater invertebrates in the UK but is under threat of...

Falsehoods about false widows put to rest

Conservation charity Buglife have published a new webpage packed with information about the false widow spider to allay growing fears over the danger of this slow moving arachnid.

The majority of British spiders could not bite you if they tried because their fangs are too small or weak to be able to penetrate human skin. Even if one of the larger spiders does manage to bite you, the...

A plan to put the buzz back in our local communities

This week Buglife and The Co-operative Plan Bee campaign have launched a new Community Meadow pack – designed to help and inspire local communities to do their bit to help our bees, butterflies and other wildlife by growing their own wildflower meadows.

Rupert Goddard, Buglife Project Officer said "Growing a Community Meadow is a great way to create a buzz in your local area."...

Wild About Plymouth: Plymouth's Buzzing

Come and help Buglife find out what bees, butterflies and other buzzing wildlife have moved in to our new urban meadows. Hunt in the grass, explore the plants and discover the huge number of insects which to move pollen from one plant to another. Experts will be on hand to identify your finds.

There are large car parks next to the Life Centre and on-street parking around the edge of Central Park in the Peverell area. Meet us in Central Park at the pedestrian roundabout with the clock, behind the Mayflower and Life Centres.

11am-2pm.

Admission is free and there...