Half of this country's wetlands are on private land, and conservationists say they are disappearing. The National Wetland Trust says while most of our larger wetlands are in public ownership, the remainder that are on private land are regularly being drained or used for farming
The Deputy Chair of the Wetland Trust, Melanie Dixon tells us about their efforts to get more protection for all wetlands
Aerial images showing how wetlands (marked with a blue outline) on private land have completely or partially disappeared from 2001-2016.
