Nature Therapy: Use of the Great Outdoors in these Challenging Times
The Wildlife Trust's Reserves while we are in "lockdown".
Damselfly © Ben Hall/2020VISION
The Wildlife Trust's Reserves while we are in "lockdown".
The Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, offer a helpful framework to help us connect to nature during lockdown. Each week, I’ll focus on a different one of these…
I asked my colleagues at the Trust how they’ve been connecting with nature. Here’s what some of them have been up to in their own spaces:
Almost as soon as the clocks jumped forward, it seemed as if the dawn chorus leapt up a notch. From nuthatches to jays, birds all over the UK are joining the chorus to defend territory, attract…
Spring migration is known as the great rush north, as birds race back to their more northerly breeding grounds having spent the winter in milder regions further south.
Celandines, wood anemone, ramsons, violets and bluebells are now all in full bloom in Eaglehead and Bloodstone copse nature reserve, making this morning’s walk to check up on our sheep an absolute…
Education Officer, Jess Parsons, shares with us some of the small wild remedies the natural world holds for alleviating stress and anxiety.
When working from home, it can be really easy to stay in front of a screen all day and never venture outdoors. We’ve got some easy ways to help you to connect with nature, even in the middle of a…
How are the COVID-19 restrictions on access to the countryside affecting wildlife
We may be feeling we have metamorphosed from social butterflies into solitary bees in the past few weeks, but out there, there are plenty of both butterflies and bees working hard to ensure we can…