The Big Butterfly Count 2026 runs from 17 July to 9 August, encouraging 15-minute observations in sunny spots to record butterflies and day-flying moths.
Koala populations began declining around 100,000 years ago and suffered a severe bottleneck 60,000 years ago, long before humans reached Australia.
Tittesworth Water, managed by Severn Trent, became the largest UK reservoir to achieve The Wildlife Trusts' Biodiversity Benchmark on 16 July 2026.
The UK dotterel population has fallen 89 percent since the 1987-88 survey, with the 2025 count estimating only 112 breeding males largely restricted to the eastern and northern Scottish Highlands.
