The benefits of birdwatching

This morning I woke up to a pounding heart and racing thoughts. Annoyingly, this is a fairly familiar start to my day, especially at times when the demands of work and life are escalating and fuelling my stress levels. However, I now have a secret weapon with which to fight these panicked wake-ups. And that secret is sparrows.

After just a few short minutes sitting in my kitchen with a coffee, watching these little brown birds fluttering among the shrubs and pecking at crumbs on the lawn, my anxiety