National Trust turns to artificial intelligence to map the demise of Britain's hedgerows

Study reveals destruction of thousands of miles of hedges since 1900, but opens up prospect of restoring UK's missing trees

to reveal the extent of lost hedgerows across its land, in the hope of better understanding how to restore them.dating back to 1900 into the AI programme which was then able to identify hedgerows, including their length and density.

It also showed a loss of density, with hedgerows falling from 10km per square kilometre in 1900 to 7.5km by the present day.and hedgehogsAn example of the 21st Century mapping used in the study, showing the Gower peninsula in Wales

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