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Ask yourself, how do you feel when you’ve taken a walk, listened to the rustle of the trees or noticed a bird or squirrel out of your window?
We’re working with the RSPB to investigate whether their innovative nature-based prescribing model could make a difference to the wellbeing of office-based workers (meaning all of us!).
We want to test the concept that connecting with nature can help us feel better in a world full of deadlines, stress and back-to-back meetings.
Please join us in this national pilot project. By taking part, you could boost your own health and wellbeing. Your findings could also help us to discover how to support millions of people nationwide in the future.
Ask yourself, how do you feel when you’ve taken a walk, listened to the rustle of the trees or noticed a bird or squirrel out of your window?
We’re working with the RSPB to investigate whether their innovative nature-based prescribing model could make a difference to the wellbeing of office-based workers (meaning all of us!).
We want to test the concept that connecting with nature can help us feel better in a world full of deadlines, stress and back-to-back meetings.
Please join us in this national pilot project. By taking part, you could boost your own health and wellbeing. Your findings could also help us to discover how to support millions of people nationwide in the future.
Be lovely to see any photos of your patch left for wildlife to thrive.
(image: narrow mown paths through an otherwise uncut garden lawn, becoming a meadow, with White clover Trifolium and other wild flowers,... Continue reading
Just back from a quick lunchtime walk and heard my first cuckoo of the year. I love hearing their return each spring/summer from their over winter in Africa. I don't think I'd recognise one if I saw it, but their call is so well known - sounds like their name!
Cuckoos are on the red list for UK conservation species as their numbers have declined so much.
Bird song is really increasing now - one of the great signs that spring is here! I had a wonderful few moments before starting work today listening to different birds. I'm not very good at recognising the different calls but I use the Merlin App to help me. I'm always amazed at all the different sounds the Song Thrush makes - soooo very beautiful. I didn't have long to listen before needing to fire up my laptop, but as evidence shows, regularly just taking a few moments to listen to birdsong can be enough to improve our wellbeing, reduce stress... Continue reading
On a beautiful sunny winter day on 24th February 2025 it was a delight to walk through the water meadows after leaving work. This natural space was soothing to my eyes after looking at screens all day. Memories returned of my dad showing me as a child the first snowdrops of the year which brought forth a wonderful warm feeling and love within me. The water meadows are a very short walk away from West Suffolk Hospital.
Out for a walk in the glorious sunshine at the weekend but I didn't expect to see a butterfly so early in the year...it landed on the road and moved into the sun as I took a photo
Enjoy the festivities but remember to recycle wisely. Pumpkin is also tasty in soups and pies. See the Grubtastic newsletter for more ideas: Oct-24-Grubtastic-newsletter_FINAL.docx