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*WIN* This Build Your Own Mini-Builds collection!

* COMPETITION TIME * ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN THIS AWESOME PRIZE! Plus, runner-up prize available too! We’ve teamed up with award-winning Build Your Own to offer this fabulous prize! For your chance to WIN this insect Mini-Builds bundle – including DRAGONFLY, LADYBIRD, HONEY BEE, and STAG BEETLE kits – simply enter your details below.  Build Your Own Mini-Builds … Read more

Gift ideas for a greener Christmas

Looking for festive gift inspiration that is sustainable, recycled and kind to the planet? We’ve selected our favourite gift ideas for those wishing for a greener Christmas…   Eco Recycled Bird Feeder/Cake Kit  Designed & manufactured in the UK, this Ashortwalk bird kit contains a feeder made from recycled yoghurt pots and a cake mix … Read more

2020 Luminar Bug Photography Awards – winners announced

The winners of the Luminar Bug Photography Awards 2020, launched this year in association with invertebrate charity, Buglife, have been revealed. Over 5,000 images were submitted from around the globe, competing for a total prize fund of £23,000, with a number of categories including Arachnids, Beetles, Butterflies & Moths, Flies, Bees  & Wasps, Aquatic Bugs and … Read more

Plant for pollinators this World Bee Day

World Bee Day was introduced by the United Nations general assembly to raise public awareness about the importance of bees and is celebrated on the 20th of May every year. This World Bee Day the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) is renewing its plea that we plant something for pollinators – to make sure there is … Read more

Walk with Chris Packham to raise awareness for wildlife

Naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham is calling on all those who care about wildlife to join him in Hyde Park on Saturday 22nd September for the People’s Walk for Wildlife. If you are concerned about our disappearing native species and want to do something about it, join Chris and a number of conservation experts … Read more

Join The Great British Bee Count

TV presenters Michaela Strachan and Ellie Harrison are urging people to take part in Friends of the Earth’s Great British Bee Count, which begins this week and runs until Friday 30 June. Now in its fourth year, The Bee Count is being backed by some of the nation’s leading bee experts, who are calling on … Read more

Marvellous monsters at Longleat

From 31st March to 29th October 2017, Longleat will play host to a swarm of colossal bugs, which will be exhibited amongst the spectacular grounds. The iconic Wiltshire estate will feature these anatomically correct animatronic critters, allowing guests to experience their bizarre and intriguing beauty up close and personal. Amongst back garden frequenters such as bees, … Read more