Nature and Mental Health with the Young People's Forum - listen now
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Mental Health Awareness Week: Wildlife Gardening for wellbeing in Northants
It's Mental Health Awareness Week and we're celebrating the ways nature can improve all our lives, especially those struggling with mental health issues. In this blog Communities Officer…
Wilder Wellbeing & Mental Health
Contact with nature can boost our physical and mental health and wellbeing, read why and find out how to connect to nature at home.
Nature and Mental Health: Why Getting Outside Makes A Difference
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week (12th-18th May) Harvey, a member from the Young People's Forum has written a piece on mental health and how being outside in nature can help.
Swift Awareness Week 2021
Swift expert Sarah Gibson explores the early life of these brilliant birds.
Bringing our Awareness Back to Nature
Experiencing mindfulness in the meadows.
Reflections on Earth Day
Sue Barnard from our Corporate team considers how important nature is in this time of crisis - and how you can get your workplace involved, even if you're working from home.
Small heath
The small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
Heath fritillary
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
Heath bumblebee
The heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
Cross-leaved heath
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
Large heath
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.