Intertwined with the change in farming, tourism and other land usage since the war, has been a change in the way that both tourists and locals interact with wildlife and the environment. Memories of those who spent their time in the hills tell us about the landscape and wildlife in past decades and how people's perceptions have changed.
These changes run alongside the rise in 'environmentalism' and the lobbying of this increasingly influential movement has seen changes in legislation to protect both wildlife and the habitats that they live in. For example, some hunting pursuits or activities such as 'bird nesting' - the collecting of birds eggs - were once a common past times, but would now be illegal.
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