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Anna Hill hears that Red Kites are moving from the countryside into our cities. The RSPB says these once-endangered birds are being fed with left-over meat, and are acquiring a taste for suburban life. Reading University is launching a study to find out how many of the birds have made the move into urban areas.

As the Autumn rain continues to fall, conservationists hope England's stressed peat bogs may begin to recover. The International Union for Conservation of Nature warns many are suffering from the lack of water, and that plants which love dry conditions are beginning to colonise and take carbon out of the peat. Caz Graham visits Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve in Cumbria to see what a good bog should look like.

And to see what tax payers get for the 拢3.5 billion given to farmers in subsidies, Farming Today visits an arable farm in Lincolnshire. The subsidies come from the Common Agricultural Policy, which is due to be reformed in 2013. The proposals of how it will change will be published this Wednesday.

Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Melvin Rickarby.