"Let's go for sight: the colours of the trees are amazing. There's the sight and sound of what I call the change of the guard as the summer migrant birds head off to Africa and the redwings and pink-footed geese arrive. If you know how, you can forage for fungi. And the red deer rut is happening at the moment. Get up, go to the middle of Richmond Park [in west London], sit yourself down, and just listen to those stags roaring."
"One of the central takeaways from Yassin's show, which is co-produced by the trust and the Open University, is that nature is everywhere in cities as well as the wilds. For example, you have the fastest living creature, the peregrine falcon, living in our cities, he said. You've got one of the cleverest, which is the pigeon. You've got one of the most cunning, the urban fox. We've got bad"
The National Trust launched a Wild Senses campaign alongside the BBC series Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles to encourage people to connect with nature during autumn and winter. A poll commissioned by the trust found most people say being outdoors boosts wellbeing, but only a third feel connected to nature across all seasons. Hamza Yassin highlighted autumn's sensory richness, citing migrating birds, redwings and pink-footed geese, foraging for fungi, and the red deer rut in Richmond Park. The campaign emphasizes that nature exists in cities as well as the wild, noting urban peregrine falcons, pigeons and foxes.
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