In the 40 years since the War, Britain has lost 97 per cent of its wildflower meadows, half its peat bogs and 19,000 miles of hedgerow - enough to encircle the planet seven times. Since records began, 22 flowering species have disappeared in the UK, ten of them during the 60s and 70s. But, as Chris Baines reports, its not all doom and gloom.
There are growing signs that wildflowers are creeping back into arable fields and that the loss of native plants can be halted. Plus at 12.55pm the weather for the countryside with Ian McCaskill.
Producer DICK COLTHURST
Editor MICHAEL FITZGERALD BBC Pebble Mill