Key conservation dates

National Bird Day - 5 January

Big Garden Bird Watch - 23 to 25 January

Big Farmland Bird Count - 1 to 8 February 

National Nest Box Week - 14 to 21 February 

World Wildlife Day - 3 March 

International Day of Action for Rivers - 14 March 

International Day of Forests - 21 March 

World Water Day - 22 March

Flower and Insect Timed Count - 1 April to 30 September

National Bat Day - 17 April

National Mammal Week - 21 to 27 April

Flower and Insect Timed Count - 1 April to 30 September

International Dawn Chorus Day - 5 May

Hedgehog Awareness Week - 5 to 11 May

World Bee Day - 20 May

International Day for Biodiversity - 22 May

Garden Wildlife Week - 27 May to 2 June 

Flower and Insect Timed Count - 1 April to 30 September

Volunteers Week - 3 to 9 June

World Environment Day - 5 June

Bike Week - 5 to 11 June

Nature Photography Day - 15 June

National Insect Week - 24 to 30 June

Flower and Insect Timed Count - 1 April to 30 September

National Meadows Day - 6 July

Dragon Fly Week - 6 to 14 July

Big Butterfly Count - 18 July to 10 August 

Love Parks Week - 25 July to 3 August

Flower and Insect Timed Count - 1 April to 30 September

Flower and Insect Timed Count - 1 April to 30 September

Seed Gathering Season - 22 September to 22 October

Seed Gathering Season - 22 September to 22 October

International Day of Climate Action - 24 October

World Ecology Day - 1 November

Wildlife Conservation Day - 4 December

World Soil Day - 5 December

Tree Dressing Day - 7 December