FIVE LOSERS

Hedgehogs

Can get rapidly dehydrated in the heat with lots being handed over to hedgehog rescue centres during the recent heatwave

Swifts

Fledglings struggle in high temperatures and have been recorded falling from their nests and tumbling to the ground

Beech trees

Our least drought-resistant tree in the UK – it is feared that in the future, beech woods could become a thing of the past

Puffins

There could be a population decline of 89 per cent across Britain and Ireland by 2050 of this traditional northern seabird

Bilberry bumblebee

Britain’s furriest bumblebee struggles to cope in soaring temperatures and is at risk of extinction