Every year millions of migratory birds winter on our tidal estuaries, but their feeding grounds are now under threat of permanent flooding if numerous barrage schemes get the go-ahead. Conservationists are horrified but developers insist the mud must go if they are to create jobs. Chris Baines reports.
In the Country File villagers series, the spotlight turns on Lancashire GP Terry McCree. Plus at 12.55pm the weather for the countryside with MICHAEL FISH
Producer DICK COLTHURST
Editor MICHAEL FITZGERALD