How has ash dieback affected our British flora and fauna?

#Spring has arrived and only now are we beginning to see the full extent of #ash #dieback – a potentially fatal fungus infecting ash trees that was discovered in Britain late last year. Headlines have described it as an unstoppable, apocalyptic crisis but could ash dieback really be as destructive as we imagine? And if so, what repercussions will there be for our flora and fauna? Graihagh Jackson investigates if and how ash dieback will affect the wider ecological community.