National Trust year in review: How is UK nature doing in 2025?

The National Trust charity, which works to protect and conserve nature, has given their take on the health of the UK’s natural world in 2025.

Their report says it’s been a hot, dry year, where extreme weather of floods and fires has become more normal.

Whilst the National Trust say this isn’t good news for lots of our wildlife, some species have had a better year, like butterflies and beavers.

The charity’s head of nature conservation Ben McCarthy has said that “there is hope. Where we’ve restored rivers, wetlands and peatlands, nature has shown remarkable resilience.”