Please report sightings of Yellow-legged hornets (YLH), also known as Asian hornets, on this online form or download the free Asian hornet Watch app for Apple devices or android devices.
As of 01/10/2026:
To view the location of destroyed nests, please visit the map page and choose the Asian Hornet map layer.
212 credible yellow-legged hornet sightings have been reported in the UK in 2026.
74 nests have been found: Click here for the most recent nest
| # | Grid Ref | Location | County | Type | Date Found | Notes/Links to images |
| 1 | SK36 | Chesterfield | Derbyshire | Embryo | 26/04/2026 | Link to image |
| 2 | TQ64 | Matfield | Kent | Primary | 1/6/2026 | |
| 3 | TR34 | Whitfield | Kent | Primary | 17/6/2026 | |
| 4 | SU40 | Hythe | Hampshire | Primary | 26/6/2026 | Link to image |
| 5 | SU40 | Hythe | Hampshire | Secondary | 26/6/2026 | Link to image |
| 6 | TQ52 | Heathfield | East Sussex | Primary | 29/6/2026 | Link to image |
| 7 | SU31 | Millbrook | Hampshire | Primary | 3/7/2026 | |
| 8 | TR36 | Ramsgate | Kent | Primary | 9/7/2026 | |
| 9 | TR04 | Byways | Kent | Primary | 9/7/2026 | |
| 10 | TQ94 | Pluckley | Kent | Primary | 14/7/2026 | |
| 11 | SU32 | Millbrook | Hampshire | Secondary | 16/7/2026 | |
| 12 | TR15 | Nackington | Kent | Secondary | 17/7/2026 | |
| 13 | TG22 | Burgh | Norfolk | Secondary | 20/7/2026 | |
| 14 | TQ15 | Little Bookham | Surrey | Secondary | 22/7/2026 | |
| 15 | TR25 | Nonington | Kent | Secondary | 22/7/2026 | Link to image |
| 16 | TR25 | Nonington | Kent | Primary | 22/7/2026 | |
| 17 | TR24 | River | Kent | Primary | 27/7/2026 | |
| 18 | SU84 | Farnham | Surrey | Secondary | 27/7/2026 | |
| 19 | TQ16 | Sunbury | Surrey | Secondary | 28/7/2026 | |
| 20 | TQ15 | Pignut Wood | Surrey | Secondary | 29/7/2026 | |
| 21 | TR04 | Wye College | Kent | Primary | 29/7/2026 | Link to image |
| 22 | SU40 | Hythe | Hampshire | Secondary | 1/8/2026 | |
| 23 | TQ52 | Heathfield 2 | East Sussex | Secondary | 4/8/2026 | |
| 24 | TR25 | Goodnestone | Kent | Secondary | 4/8/2026 | |
| 25 | TQ54 | Royal Tunbridge Wells | Kent | Secondary | 6/8/2026 | |
| 26 | TR35 | Buttsole | Kent | Secondary | 6/8/2026 | |
| 27 | TQ54 | Royal Tunbridge Wells | Kent | Primary | 6/8/2026 | Nest in bird box Link to image |
| 28 | TQ94 | Great Chart, Ashford | Kent | Primary | 6/8/2026 | |
| 29 | TQ94 | Great Chart, Ashford | Kent | Secondary | 6/8/2026 | |
| 30 | TR36 | Ramsgate | Kent | Secondary | 7/8/2026 | |
| 31 | TQ35 | Bletchingley | Surrey | Secondary | 9/8/2026 | Link to image |
| 32 | TR24 | Wooton | Kent | Secondary | 10/8/2026 | Link to image |
| 33 | TR24 | Elm’s Vale | Kent | Secondary | 12/8/2026 | Link to image |
| 34 | TR04 | Wye | Kent | Secondary | 15/8/2026 | Link to image |
| 35 | TR15 | Petham | Kent | Primary | 17/8/2026 | Link to image |
| 36 | SY58 | Littlebredy | Dorset | Secondary | 18/8/2026 | |
| 37 | TR36 | Ramsgate | Kent | Primary | 18/8/2026 | Link to image Link to image |
| 38 | SU32 | Romsey | Hampshire | Secondary | 18/8/2026 | |
| 39 | TQ85 | Hollingbourne | Kent | Secondary | 19/8/2026 | |
| 40 | TQ96 | Sittingbourne | Kent | Secondary | 19/8/2026 | Link to image |
| 41 | SD90 | Chadderton | Greater Manchester | Secondary | 19/8/2026 | Link to image Link to image |
| 42 | TR13 | Seabrook | Kent | Primary | 21/08/2026 | |
| 43 | SU40 | Newtown | Hampshire | Secondary | 22/08/2026 | Link to image |
| 44 | TR23 | Capel-le-Ferne | Kent | Secondary | 23/08/2026 | Link to image |
| 45 | TR03 | Ashford | Kent | Secondary | 23/08/2026 | |
| 46 | TR23 | Crabble | Kent | Secondary | 23/08/2026 | |
| 47 | TA11 | Immingham | Lincolnshire | Primary | 25/08/2026 | Link to image |
| 48 | TR15 | Petham | Kent | Secondary | 26/08/2026 | Link to image |
| 49 | TR04 | Byways | Kent | Secondary | 26/08/2026 | |
| 50 | ST43 | Berhill | Somerset | Primary | 28/08/2026 | Brambles Link to image |
| 51 | TR34 | Dover Priory | Kent | Secondary | 30/08/2026 | |
| 52 | SY78 | Osmington Hill | Dorset | Primary | 02/09/2026 | |
| 53 | TQ59 | Bentley | Essex | Secondary | 02/09/2026 | Sycamore tree |
| 54 | SU90 | North Berstead | West Sussex | Secondary | 03/09/2026 | Sycamore tree |
| 55 | TR23 | Folkestone | Kent | Secondary | 04/09/2026 | Sycamore tree |
| 56 | TR36 | Ramsgate | Kent | Secondary | 05/09/2026 | Sycamore tree |
| 57 | TQ73 | Cranbrook | Kent | Secondary | 06/09/2026 | Silver birch tree |
| 58 | SZ49 | West Cowes | Isle of Wight | Secondary | 07/09/2026 | Link to image |
| 59 | TA11 | Immingham | Lincolnshire | Secondary | 07/09/2026 | Sycamore tree |
| 60 | SU41 | Hedge End | Hampshire | Secondary | 09/09/2026 | Sycamore tree |
| 61 | TR23 | Sandgate | Kent | Primary | 11/09/2026 | |
| 62 | TQ30 | Lewes | East Sussex | Secondary | 11/09/2026 | |
| 63 | TQ95 | Slade | Kent | Secondary | 11/09/2026 | |
| 64 | TQ85 | Harrietsham | Kent | Primary | 15/09/2026 | |
| 65 | TR23 | Capel le Ferne | Kent | Secondary | 16/09/2026 | |
| 66 | TQ81 | Batchelors Bump | East Sussex | Secondary | 16/09/2026 | |
| 67 | SY78 | Osmington Hill | Dorset | Secondary | 18/09/2026 | |
| 68 | TQ67 | Swanscombe | Kent | Secondary | 18/09/2026 | |
| 69 | TQ94 | Charing | Kent | Primary | 24/09/2026 | Brambles |
| 70 | TQ66 | Upper Halling | Kent | Secondary | 29/09/2026 | |
| 71 | TL18 | Sawtree | Cambridgeshire | Secondary | 29/09/2026 | |
| 72 | TQ92 | Playden | East Sussex | Secondary | 30/09/2026 | |
| 73 | TF84 | Holkham | Norfolk | Secondary | 01/01/2026 | |
| 74 | TR24 | Wooton | Kent | Secondary | 01/10/2026 | In a building |
Yellow-legged hornet location information in England and Wales from January 2026 to June 2026.
| # | Grid Ref: | Location | County | Type | Date initial sighting | Reported by | Links to images / Notes |
| 1 | SE60 | Doncaster | South Yorkshire | Sighting | 24/02/2026 | Member of the public | No sample |
| 2 | TL27 | Sawtry | Cambridgeshire | Sighting | 13/03/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 3 | TR25 | Nonington | Kent | Sighting | 08/04/2026 | Beekeeper | Link to image |
| 4 | TR24 | Densole | Kent | Sighting | 08/04/2026 | Member of the public | Found in outbuilding Link to image |
| 5 | TQ35 | Oxted | Surrey | Sighting | 09/04/2026 | Member of the public | Alive in house |
| 6 | TR15 | Kingston | Kent | Sighting | 11/04/2026 | Member of the public | Link to image |
| 7 | TR25 | Nonington | Kent | Sighting | 11/04/2026 | Beekeeper | Caught in trap Link to image |
| 8 | TR35 | Sandwich | Kent | Sighting | 10//04/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 9 | SK36 | Chesterfield | Derbyshire | Embryo nest | 26/04/2026 | Member of the public | Link to image Link to image |
| 10 | SU31 | Southampton | Hampshire | Sighting | 27/04/2026 | Member of the public | Flew from conservatory |
| 11 | SK32 | Repton | South Derbyshire | Sighting | 27/04/2026 | Member of the public | Insect intercepted |
| 12 | SK52 | Sutton Bonnington | Nottinghamshire | Sighting | 27/04/2026 | Member of the public | Insect intercepted |
| 13 | SU41 | Southampton | Hampshire | Sighting | 28/04/2026 | Member of the public | Flew away |
| 14 | TQ93 | Leigh Green | Kent | Sighting | 30/04/2026 | Member of the public | Insect intercepted in house |
| 15 | TR24 | Coldred | Kent | Sighting | 01/5/2026 | Member of the public | Insect intercepted in shed |
| 16 | TR24 | Densole | Kent | Sighting | 03/5/2026 | Member of the public | Flew into garage |
| 17 | TR23 | Folkestone | Kent | Sighting | 04/05/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 18 | SY99 | Lytchett Minster and Upton | Dorset | Sighting | 10/05/2026 | Member of the public | Insect intercepted in house |
| 19 | TQ84 | Maidstone | Kent | Sighting | 17/05/2026 | Member of the public | Insect intercepted in conservatory |
| 20 | SU31 | Shirley, Southampton | Hampshire | Sighting | 22/05/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 21 | TR02 | New Romney | Kent | Sighting | 22/05/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 22 | TQ94 | Charing, Ashford | Kent | Sighting | 24/05/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 23 | TQ82 | Peasmarsh | East Sussex | Sighting | 27/05/2026 | Member of the public | Intercepted in house |
| 24 | TQ81 | Broadland Row | East Sussex | Sighting | 27/05/2026 | Beekeeper | Caught in trap |
| 25 | TQ30 | Brighton and Hove | East Sussex | sighting | 01/06/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 26 | TR03 | Ashford | Kent | Sighting | 31/05/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 27 | TQ64 | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | Sighting | 01/06/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 28 | TR23 | Folkestone | Kent | Sighting | 08/06/2026 | Beekeeper | |
| 29 | TQ72 | Robertsbridge | East Sussex | Sighting | 09/06/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 30 | TQ94 | Pluckley | Kent | Sighting | 13/06/2026 | Beekeeper | |
| 31 | TR34 | Whitfield, Dover | Kent | Nest | 13/06/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 32 | SU31 | Southampton | Hampshire | Sighting/Nest | 19/06/2026 | Member of the public | Multiple hornets in an industrial unit. Nest in bird box. Link to image. Link to image |
| 33 | SU40 | Dibden Purlieu | Hampshire | Primary nest | 23/06/2026 | Member of the public | Nest in bird box Link to image |
| 34 | TQ52 | Heathfield | East Sussex | Nest | 25/06/2026 | Member of the public | Nest in bird box Link to file |
| 35 | TQ16 | Sunbury-on-Thames | Surrey | Single hornet | 05/07/2026 | Beekeeper | Intercepted in garden |
| 36 | TR36 | Ramsgare | Kent | Nest | 04/07/2026 | Member of the public | In shed |
| 37 | TR04 | Ashford | Kent | Sighting | 09/07/2026 | Member of the public | |
| 38 | TR04 | Ashford | Kent | Nest | 09/07/2026 | Member of the public | Bird box |
| 39 | TR24 | Wootton | Kent | Single hornet | 12/07/2026 | Beekeeper | Intercepted in hive |
| 40 | TR15 | Nackington | Kent | Single hornet | 11/07/2026 | Member of the public | Intercepted in garden |
| 41 | TR25 | Godnestone | Kent | Single hornet | 11/07/2026 | Member of the public | Intercepted in house |
| 42 | TR36 | Ramsgate (2) | Kent | Single hornet | 14/07/2026 | Beekeeper | Caught in trap |