If you've ever visited a WWT reserve, or even your local river or pond, you'll know there's something special about water. Which is why we are busy researching the impact our “blue” spaces have on our health and wellbeing.
We’re using our wetland centres to evaluate the effects spending time in wetlands has on individual and societal health. Our research at WWT Slimbridge has shown for the first time that nature-based interventions in a wetland environment can contribute significantly to the treatment of anxiety and depression.
If you know where and how to look, nature can give us comfort in so many ways. We’ve got lots of tips and ideas on how wetlands and their wildlife can help us regain a sense of peace and calm and provide us with a place to recuperate and escape life’s daily stresses.
Make the most of what our wetlands have to offer you this winter with our guide, created in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation.
Download the free guideIt's incredibly relaxing! Before the dawn chorus starts in is a great time to practice recognising birdsong.
Common bird call guideDid you know you can try out mindfulness in nature? Here are eight practical excercises to lift your mood.
Read moreRaining outside? Don't skip the daily local walk. Wet, splashy, muddy weather can be more fun than you might realise.
Read moreSadly, our sites are closed and you can’t travel to enjoy the uplifting winter spectacles we all look forward to this time of year. So we’ve created a playlist of iconic winter wetlands sights and sounds to soothe your spirits.
Whether it’s the crash of a wave, the lap of a tidal estuary of the gentle stillness of a shimmering lake, water has the power to inspire and calm us. Human beings have been connected to wetlands throughout the history of civilisation. But is our connection about more than survival? We think so…
There are lots of ways you can take action today to help reverse the decline of wetlands.
However you decide to spend your time with us you’ll be helping wetland nature thrive.