Year of extreme weather creates confusion for Britain's flora and fauna

National Trust review has warned that the climate emergency is clearly leading to more erratic conditions

It was a year of extremes as far as the weather was concerned: pounding rain, violent summer storms, some mild winter months and periods of searing sunshine.

An annual audit of how this year's weather has affected flora and fauna in the UK has concluded that it was, to say the least, a challenging 12 months.