Following a series of wildfires in the last ten days which have killed wild animals and destroyed large swathes of key nature reserves, The Wildlife Trusts are issuing a warning ahead of this weekend's bank holiday.
A prolonged spell without rain means many heathlands, moorlands and grasslands are ‘tinder dry', catching fire from the tiniest hot ember or spark. Recent wildfires in Surrey, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Dorset and Teesside have left land scorched and nature without a home.
