We interviewed Berkshire's land manager for the Wildlife Trust

This has led to concerns over the welfare of the habitats on the sites, as well as other environmental concerns that come with more people in nature reserves.

In order to understand what this means for the local environment, we spoke to Tom Hayward, land manager for the Berkshire branch of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) to find out.

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How has the organisation coped throughout lockdown?

"It's been challenging. our staff have handled it well, but its been a difficult period.

"when the lockdown first started, we were dealing with livestock as well as health and safety management.

"We had a number of team members furloughed, so those essential responsibilities were shared across a smaller pool of people, which put on additional pressure.

"As lockdown eased we saw a massive increase of people going to our sites, so all the people on furlough that were bored and stuck in the house were now exploring their local area more and more.

"Sites were seeing huge visitor numbers by people who wouldn't normally go on sites, bringing a higher proportion of visitor pressures, such as people having picnics and leaving mess everywhere, wild swimming, visitors coming to the site but parking wherever they want and not in the car parks.

"In Berkshire we have lot of important heathland sites, and we had a number of increased disturbances as we have ground nesting birds.

"It was difficult to respond to all these issues. It was a very challenging time on the staff."

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What has it been like on a personal level?

"I manage a team of people, and having to do that remotely, you have to have confidence that your providing the staff with the support they need, as well as making sure their health and mental wellbeing is looked after.

"Its fairly depressing to see such a large amount of antisocial behaviour on our sites.

"You do a job like this to give people the best benefit, but people were either intentionally or unintentionally damaging the sites, and the antisocial behaviour is not the nicest thing to have to deal with,

"The organisation has coped with it really well and we've been working hard to provide support, but it's been difficult times."

What plans are the BBWOT making to prepare for an increasingly likely second lockdown?

"We normally manage our sites by getting volunteers to come in and do work parties, but we've only just started them up in the last month with tight restrictions on how we manage the risks on Coronavirus.

"Obviously, its all rests on whether the volunteers are happy to get involved in the first place.

"Going forward, over autumn and winter is when we do the most site work, as all of the animals breed in the summer, so we have to do work outside of that period.

"It is also because, as it gets colder and wetter, less people are on our sites doing things we don't want them to.

"Our volunteers are a relatively small amount of people managing a large amount of land, and are a key part of the workforce.

"If a lockdown comes in where volunteers can't work, it's really going to hit us hard.

"We have an education and community team which will be impacted a lot worse because it's not going to be able to have events that bring in income.

"On a wider level, a second lockdown would hits us as people are going to have less disposable incomes, and are then less likely to support local charities.

"In the beginning of lockdown we lost quite a lot of members and it really impacted our financial reserves."

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Is there anything you want to say to Berkshire residents looking to use BBWOT's facilities in the coming months?

"Please make sure people are using the sites responsibly - we manage our sites as nature reserves, and one of main objectives is to enhance the sites and protect certain key species.

"Maybe find out where you're going, and why its important. There's plenty of information on our website for that. There are key restrictions at this time of year such as closure of certain paths.

"In terms of closed paths, as an individual, you might think 'I can just nip over here, its not that big a deal', but if everyone thinks like that the footprint adds up.

"Please stick to the footpaths, and cyclists please think of other site users.

"Our spaces are nature reserves, not public parks - there are different ways you should act in them.

"We encourage people to visit the sites, but please responsibly."

For more information on the BBWOT, visit bbowt.org.uk/.