The Nature Bible

Nature Diary

Key Dates

June 2026

 

 

1st - start of Meteorological Summer

1st - 30th - The Wildlife Trust's annual nature challenge 30 days wild

5th - World Environment Day

6th -14th Natural History Consortiums Festival of Nature

6th - 14th: Caring for God's Acre - Churches Count on Nature

6th - 14th: Climate Coalition's 'Big Green Week'

7th - World Swift Day

8th - World Oceans Day

9th - Coral Triangle Day, Solomon Islands

7th- LEAF (Linking environment and farming) Open Farm Sunday

10th - Crustacean Compassion Day

15th - Global Wind Day

16th - 18th UN Oceans Conference, Mombassa

17th - UN's World Day to combat desertification and drought

21st - Fathers Day

21st - Summer Solstice - start of astronomical summer

21st - World Giraffe Day

22nd - World Rainforest Day

22nd- 28th - National Insect Week - Royal Entomological Society

24th - Whitsun

24th - Mid-Summers Day. Feast of John the Baptist. Celtic lore: flowers will appear to those who stand under an elder tree on midsummer's eve.

29th - Full Strawberry Moon