People urged to savour sights, sounds and smells of the season as poll shows a disconnect during darker months
There may be a bite in the wind and the nights are certainly drawing in but a conservation charity and a television wildlife champion have launched a campaign aimed at getting more people connecting with nature in the autumn and winter months.
The National Trust is launching a “Wild Senses” campaign on the back of the new BBC series Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles in which the wildlife expert and camera operator Hamza Yassin celebrates the UK’s seasons and encourages viewers to notice, appreciate and reconnect to wildlife everywhere.
It comes as a poll commissioned by the National Trust suggests people feel disconnected with nature in the darker, chillier months. Though the vast majority said being out in nature boosted their wellbeing, only a third felt connected to nature across all seasons equally.
Yassin told the Guardian that autumn was one of his favourite seasons and was full of the sights, sounds and smells of nature, from birds arriving to overwinter in the UK to the taste of foraged fungi.
