Forest Hill Wellbeing

What do spiders really get up to on Halloween? They’ve got better things to be getting on with than plotting with witches.

theconversation.com/what-do-spid...

Lovely little misunderstood creatures (NB: I am not Australian)

DID YOU KNOW there are lots of places around Lewisham where you can pop in to get a voucher for a food parcel?

It's not always easy to get through on the phone lines so these drop ins are a great option.

Also many schools, housing associations and GP surgeries issue vouchers.

Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Three people sit on a red sofa in a BBC Breakfast TV studio, talking in front of a large screen showing a stag standing in a lake at sunrise.

David Attenborough in a blue shirt smiles while holding a tiny brown harvest mouse on a plant stem in a meadow filled with yellow wildflowers."David Attenborough and a harvest mouse from BBC One and iPlayer's Wild London © BBC/PassionPlanet/Joe Loncraine

This morning our CEO, David Mooney, appeared live on BBC Breakfast to share exciting news. 🌿

London Wildlife Trust is co-producing Sir David Attenborough’s upcoming BBC documentary Wild London, made by Passion Planet and airing on BBC One and iPlayer later this year.

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Antler Extensions

A photo of mine, from Windsor Great Park, 🇬🇧

#ThickTrunkTuesday #MobilePhotography #AnimalArtTuesday #Scape #ForestFriday #ColorADay #BlueTue #GreenSat #Trees #Windsor #WindsorGreatPark

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Wise words from Wordsworth #forestfriday

It's #forestfriday, and this is exactly what we're all about 😊🌳🌳

Heather on Holme Fell

Back in my natural element. Close your eyes and feel and hear the serenity that the water produces. Shut out all the other noise and ground yourself!!
#waterfalls
#mentalhealth
#nature

We feel the heat, but how much do we really think about the sun?

... and here's one of my own, from the grounds of Lullingstone Castle, in Kent

The photo is of a monochrome view of a narrow, unpaved path winding through a dense, tree-lined area. The path, appearing lighter in tone due to sunlight filtering through the canopy, recedes into the distance, creating a sense of depth and perspective. The surrounding foliage on both sides of the path is dark and lush, contrasting with the brighter path and emphasizing the enclosed, tunnel-like feel of the environment. The overall impression is one of a serene and secluded natural setting, inviting exploration.

A magical, unpaved path leads through beautiful Aysgarth Falls woodland, diffused sun pleasingly patterning the walkway.

Happy Friday!

#Scape day Sparty 🖤🤍

#EastCoastKin #Photography
#ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri
#PhotoHour #ForestFriday #Nature #ArtInNature #Art #ArtYear #Rural #Scape #AltText

The Shady Path
Glasgow Necropolis
Glasgow, Scotland
May 2025
#Landscape
#Photography
#Travel #Outdoor
#TravelPhotography
#OutdoorPhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#FootpathFriday
#Scape #ScapeDay
#ForestFriday
#ColorADay #BWFri

This photo by Jack Greenwood shows a forest in the Quantocks at a place called dead woman's ditch. The name "Dead Woman's Ditch" in the Quantock Hills is associated with the murder of Jane Walford by her husband John Walford in 1789. However, historical records indicate the name predates this event, appearing on maps before the murder. The ditch is an ancient earthwork, and the name may be related to its prehistoric origins as a boundary marker or defensive structure. The trees in the Quantacks are all wiggly because of centuries of coppicing.

This was the most magical forest at a place in Somerset called 'Dead Woman's Ditch'
Info in alt text.
#forestfriday #EastCoastKin

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A view along a forest path with green trees either side of the path. In the distance a woman walks a dog.

#ForestFriday
#scape
Forest path above Grasmere lake, Cumbria (30/08/2025)
A good shade from the heat.
The path eventually opens up with views of the lake and fells.
#grasmere #lakedistrict #trees #nature #photography #eastcoastkin

It's been shown that even looking at pictures of nature lifts the mood... so FHW highly recommends #forestfriday for a weekly dose of calm.
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Always on, always tired, sometimes rude – how to avoid the ‘triple-peak trap’ of modern work When boundaries around working hours grow increasingly blurred, this can lead to terse online exchanges that sap recipients’ wellbeing.

Interesting: the impact of digital working rhythms on wellbeing. Take home: Organisations should be treating boundaries, not availability, as the staff productivity key theconversation.com/always-on-al...

End your day with some of nature’s medicine. The calm of the meadows. May your evening be peaceful, my friends. 😊

#nature #flowers #calm #meadow #summer #peace #life #photography

Sign the Petition Protect the Ghyll Natural Reserve – Say No to Its Sale!

This is a beautiful area, and we have so little ancient woodland left. New woodlands will take centuries to develop ecosystems as rich, and our wildlife doesnt have that kind of time! Critical to preserve what we already have, and prevent erosion of rights via Public Footpaths

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Lewisham Council is consulting on an Active Travel Strategy, including several potential corridors in Forest Hill, Perry Vale and Honor Oak Park.

Please do take moment to read the proposals, and maybe send your feedback (link on this page)

consultation.lewisham.gov.uk/highways-and...

Positive psychological effects of seated acupressure massage are associated to plasma oxytocin rise ... Work-related stress is a major public health issue. Given the relationship between acute stress responses and health, finding strategies to deal with …

Very excited to share yet another great piece of news in 2023: our preprint on the positive effects of seated acupressure massage on psychophysiological parameters is now online 🎉 Many thanks to Pr. Connat for his dedication and trust during those last 4 years🌿
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A ground-breaking new publication explains the science behind posture, and why we can sometimes end up in pain. Research on the #AlexanderTechnique has been central to this new understanding. It's not the easiest of reads, so I’ve summarised the main points here: julia-woodman.co.uk/2025/03/31/h...

We are recommended to spend 20 minutes a day in nature. One way to do so is the practice of visiting a 'sit-spot' (Native American) or 'txoko' (Basque) - a regular place for contemplating nature in the moment. This perfectly describes the effect it has on stress 🙂

This is the essence of nature connection. Whatever goes on in a day, there is always somewhere to feel the weather and be awed by roses in that "little time..." 🙂

Perfect Cockneys, then 😆

Stag Beetle, doin' her beetle-y thing... spotted on the back pathway near my house, on my evening trip to Sainsbury's. Just to show you don't need to go on safari - or even to a nature reserve - to see a cool endangered creature 🙂🌿

Beautiful!

Impressive strength of a harvest field mouse between the sheafs of wheat #wildlifephotography #photography