My new found love of bird watching has helped me in so many ways. I feel a lot healthier with walking and being outdoors with nature. Most importantly my mental health has improved vastley. I feel a lot calmer and don't get stressed as much as I used too. My quality of life is better and my wife has seen a positive change as well. Has anyone else found that bird watching has helped with the stresses of life and work.
-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
New found love (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Mark S
- Start date
birdingnut
Active member
University of Exeter, the British Trust for Ornithology, and the University of Queensland research shows that people living around “more birds, shrubs and trees” have significantly less “depression, anxiety and stress”.
The study found that the health benefits remained the same whether people lived in crowded urban environments or green suburban areas.
Researchers found that people felt much happier when birding in the afternoon, despite their numbers being lower than in the morning.
https://www.naturettl.com/bird-watching-boosts-mental-health/
I’d recommend having a read of Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness as well. Very good read.
Rich
Rich
jasperpatch
Amy, Brit in Quebec.
And a third endorsement from me. An excellent read, and for a Norfolk girl (now living in Canada), some really evocative descriptions of local areas too.
Ian Byrnes
Well-known member
Hi Mark...... I wholeheartedly agree. There's nothing like getting out in to the quiet and tranquility of the countryside. To stand and scan the trees, hedges, ponds, lakes etc is very calming. Then to catch a small movement or a glimpse of something is very rewarding.
I got back to birding after my noisy boisterous dog died and I was left to walk my remaining quiet one who doesn't spook anything, and had time to actually take in the scenery I had once taken for granted.
It's not just the birds....its everything....the weather, the skies, the trees the crops the people you meat.
Yes you are right...it has lifted me also and now I can't wait to get out every day with my binoculars and drink it all in !!
Regards.... Ian
I got back to birding after my noisy boisterous dog died and I was left to walk my remaining quiet one who doesn't spook anything, and had time to actually take in the scenery I had once taken for granted.
It's not just the birds....its everything....the weather, the skies, the trees the crops the people you meat.
Yes you are right...it has lifted me also and now I can't wait to get out every day with my binoculars and drink it all in !!
Regards.... Ian
Similar threads
