There have been fears in recent years about the decline of British wildlife, and the erosion of the countryside and its environment.
Today ran a series of award winning reports on the state of the British wildlife. It also organised an important survey, with the RSPB, on the bird population of Britain
The reports were made by Today's environment correspondent Tom Fielden.
In November this year Tom won the Foreign Press Association Award for the Environment for his series on .
The series starts with a look at the plantlife that underpins all our native biodiversity. How did Britain's flora fair through the 20th century?
Britain's Insects come under the spotlight: new research commissioned for the Today Programme shows that 20 percent of native species present in 1900 had vanished by the year 2000.
Your chance to take part in the Today Programme's Homes for Birds Survey
When gamekeepers went to war stoats and weasels thrived. The ups and downs of Britain's mammals.
Salmon on the Tyne, Trout on the Piddle. Britain cleans up its industrial act but muddies its most pristine waters.
The results of the Today/RSPB survey on British Birds
