Wildlife organisations are being very careful in assessing the impacts of the recent flooding on species and the environment.
"We are not saying this is a disaster or this is something where wildlife has really suffered," Grahame Madge from the RSPB told me, keenly aware that when people's lives and homes are being threatened by rising waters, concerns about animal life comes a distant second.
Certainly the December storms and tidal surges had potentially very serious implications for many coastal habitats and species.
A report drawn up by Natural England showed that over 40 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in England had been affected.
However, the impact of the unprecedented downpours on the Somerset Levels, the Thames and the Severn is much harder to gauge.
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