Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is calling on everyone to take on the 30 Days Wild challenge by doing one simple, wild thing each day throughout the month of June.
30 Days Wild is the UK’s biggest nature challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts and kindly supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery. The annual challenge invites people of all ages to connect with nature every single day for an entire month. Over two million people have taken part over the last nine years, with more than 500,000 people taking on the challenge last year alone.
Popular activities include wildlife-watching, eating outdoors, planting wildflower seeds and listening to birdsong. Other favourite pastimes included bug-hunting, fruit-picking, growing plants and flowers, exploring a nature reserve, creating a mini pond or going on a river walk.
This year, there’s a new twist: 30 Days Wild will take you on a week-by-week adventure moving through five different themes:
- tune into the senses
- movement and play
- learning and discovery
- helping nature
- emotional connection to nature
Weekly inspiration on these themes will help guide you, your family and friends through the challenge so that you can meet that 30 day target. Plus, everyone who signs up will receive a 30 Days Wild activity pack including a wild bee poster, along with seeds and other fun materials to inspire you to do something wild every single day.
Research has shown that spending time in nature can reduce stress, anxiety and depression, while also improving physical health. We all know how much happier and healthier we feel when connecting with nature – so save the date and sign up today!