Summer 2006 native wildlife winners and losers
This week a study, undertaken by the Independent newspaper, based on feedback from wildlife trusts and other environmental organisations revealed the winners and losers as Britain's native species experience the hottest June on record.
6th August 2006
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Hummingbird hawk moth is see in the UK every year. Large numbers have been observed everywhere.
Silver-studded blue butterfly has enjoyed an almost perfect breeding season. Number are up everywhere.
Once a scarce insect in the south, Roesel's bush cricket is now the most common cricket as far north as Leicestershire.
Low water levels and lack of oxygen has made 2006 a bad year for the brown trout.
Lack of water has packed the soil to hard that badgers are finding it difficult to dig up worms and other food.
Silver birches are stressed by the heat and dying in large numbers on sandy soils due to the drought.
With climate change heating up the UK, it becomes easy for new insects to gain a foothold in the wild. Latest arrivals are the false black widow spider and a two colonies of a 1 inch long scorpion in the Thames estuary.
