In Britain today the survival of wildlife often takes second place to human activity. We consider that the separation of people from wildlife is a false one and that improving the environment for wildlife results in an improvement in the quality of life for people.
Nevertheless towns and road networks expand, woodlands make way for housing estates and rivers are used to provide irrigation at the expense of wildlife.
Perhaps the most dramatic changes to our countryside have occurred because of developments in agriculture and forestry.

In an effort to look after what remains, we have created nature reserves.
These are needed for a number of reasons:
They are wildlife havens in a countryside that can no longer support the rich
variety of wildlife that used to be widespread. Sometimes the only way the habitats, wildlife, and other natural features such as the geology of a site can be protected
from mismanagement, or even neglect, is to manage the site as a nature reserve.
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