News
Welcoming Shropshire to SWWFL
We’re delighted to officially welcome Shropshire Wildlife Trust as the twelfth Wildlife Trust to join the SWWFL family!
Celebrating our 100,000th membership
We were delighted to congratulate the Harris family this month, as new members of Devon Wildlife Trust and the 100,000th membership we have signed up on behalf of local Wildlife Trusts.
© Jon Hawkins
Talking points
Theme days and weeks that highlight wildlife, wild places and sustainability for 2026:
January
21 January Red Squirrel Appreciation Day
26 January International Day of Clean Energy
February
2 February World Wetlands Day
2 February National Hedgehog Day
14 February National Nest Box Week
March
1 March World Seagrass Day
3 March World Wildlife Day
6 March World Book Day
20 March World Sparrow Day
20 March World Rewilding Day
21 March International Day of Forests
22 March Earth Hour
30 March-30 April Hedgehog Walk
April
7 April International Beaver Day
13-20 April International Dark Sky Week
20-26 April National Mammal Week
22 April Earth Day
22 April International Mother Earth Day
28 April-4 May National Gardening Week
May
2 May International Dawn Chorus Day
3-9 May Hedgehog Awareness Week
4-10 May National Hedgerow Week
8 May Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday
9 May World Migratory Bird Day
15 May International Day of Families
11-17 May Mental Health Awareness Week
20 May World Bee Day
22 May International Day of Biodiversity
27 May World Otter Day
June
June 30 Days Wild
2 June World Peatlands Day
6-14 June Big Green Week
5 June World Environment Day
8 June World Oceans Day
11 June International Lynx Day
22-28 June National Insect Week
22-28 June Invasive Species Week
July
18-26 July National Moth Week
26 July-10 August National Marine Week
27 July National Bog Day
August
27 August World Lake Day
10-16 August National Allotment Week
29-30 August Bat Night
September
7 September International Day of Clean Air
7-13 September Remember a Charity Week
October
9 October Gift Aid Awareness Day
10 October UK Fungus day
6 October National Badger Day
10 October World Migratory Bird Day
November
26 November World Sustainable Transport Day
November-December National Tree Week
December
1 December Giving Tuesday
5 December World Soil Day
11 December International Mountain Day