Asian Hornet Update
2025
Jan – Dec
544 sightings
163 nests
2026
Jan – Jun
82 sightings
21 nests
2026
Jan – Jul
99 sightings 99
24 nests
2026
Jan – Aug
157 sightings
49 nests
2026
Jan – To date
201 sightings
66 nests
As of 17 September 2026, the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has informed us that it has received further credible reports of YLH. To date there have been 201 sightings in 2026 resulting in the identification of 66 nests.
The nests confirmed are recorded in the following locations:
Kent
- Sandgate (primary)
- Slade (secondary)
- Harrietsham (primary)
- Capel le Ferne (secondary)
East Sussex
- Lewes (secondary)
- Bachelors Bump (secondary)
The following nests were awaiting destruction: Capel le Ferne in Kent, Bachelors Bump in East Sussex and Immingham in Lincolnshire.
Multiple sightings continue to be monitored by the NBU, local beekeepers and Yellow-legged hornet teams at locations across Dorset, East Sussex, Essex, Greater London, Greater Manchester, the Isle of Wight, Kent, and Somerset.
