5 surprising facts about spending time in nature

Humans always like to spend time in nature, and somehow in the urban lifestyle, we seem to have forgotten it. Rediscovering your connection to nature can have surprising benefits. Just imagine what it’s like to be outside, birds chirping, wind in the trees, busy bees buzzing around. Nature is healing our bodies and our souls; spending time does wonder to us humans.

Sweet smell of Gorse flowers is everywhere

Scruffy looking, prickly bush with beaming yellow flowers that smell sweet like a coconut. 
Every spring to early summer (peaks in April and May) Gorse flower has apparently the power to bring grown men to tears! The golden-yellow flowers have a distinctive coconut-scented perfume, filling the air.

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Rowhill Nature Reserve launches new website

The team at Rowhill Nature Reserve is happy to announce the launch of our new website. What makes this launch significant is a beautiful new format. This considerable improvement makes it easier to find the content you are looking for and makes our nature reserve more accessible to the world.