Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have fuelled the evolution of our large brains.

Look at these lovely little herring gull chicks that call one of the quads in @livuninews.bsky.social Eleanor Rathbone Building home. Enjoy watching them grow daily and putting up with squally weather today 💕

Moments in nature... the sky dance of the Marsh Harrier 🍃 📹 @mart-the-gooner.bsky.social

Haha..I’m lined up to chat about this on Radio Four’s Today programme tomorrow morning. Last time I got up early for a R4 slot I was sacked off by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation. I’m now wondering what momentous event will happen overnight tonight 😂

Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff www.birkenhead.news/autism-exper...

A lovely short piece of writing featuring grey partridge, heron and grasshopper warbler. Red listed or not, we get them all at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Awful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you have a few minutes to spare, please give this powerful film from Truud a watch. Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in. youtu.be/RdWdhoiaI5M?... #RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission

The resident heron in Princes Park is quite a character and seems to quite enjoy a quick photo shoot

New paper out: The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes – an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach, with Aregawi Gebremariam, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social @rhiannoncor.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Absolutely fantastic sightings of barnie at Garston Coastal Reserve this evening @birderjack.bsky.social Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕

A friendly little robin at Brockholes today

Important paper by Essex colleagues uses inflammatory markers to show how ‘harsh’ or disorderly neighbourhoods impact health & wellbeing using Understanding Society data #SDOH @groundswellcon.bsky.social @prosocialplace.bsky.social @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social human-ethology.org/article/1336...

Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation? The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ... @local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget. Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Good quality evidence that investment in welfare advice /income maximisation improves mental health outcomes AND reduces costs to the state. The planned #disability benefits reform does the opposite of this: more harm, more costs (1/2)

The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social

It makes my day whenever I’m lucky enough to catch a glimpse of our local barnies at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Such an important research paper this. Grateful to all my colleagues who got this work over the line and proud to have been involved. This is essential reading for all with an interest in mental health and its treatment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

On the over-medicalisation of distress theconversation.com/are-mental-h...

Sensible advice alert below. I tried to bring my kids up as naturalists. Started by building a big collection of animal figures from Early Learning Centre but never bought many dinos and certainly no unicorns! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Flying into #FeatheredFriday with ‘Bramble’ a beautiful Barn #Owl at #SuffolkOwls 📷 🦉 Jun ‘24 🪶 #Raptors #Owls #Birds #Nature #Breathe #GetOutside

I’ve emailed my MP. Will you? action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...

Social Return on Investment (SROI) Evaluation of Citizens Advice on Prescription: A Whole-Systems Approach to Mitigating Poverty and Improving Wellbeing . www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...

So proud to have been involved in this research exploring the benefits of welfare advice on prescription for the many struggling these days with their mental health and wellbeing www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...

Made the list of #northinnovationwomen of NHSA. Surprised+happy to be with so many friends from @livunihipr.bsky.social, @livuni-iph.bsky.social and @livunichil.bsky.social 2025 theme was health inequalities work - list of Uni colleagues 👇 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/03/10/c...

Great to see the launch of the #PlayCommission this week showing the value of play for wellbeing. Our GCR last year called for the Government to ‘let children play’ 🎈

Our new report - led by @n8research.bsky.social and @healthequitynorth.bsky.social and @annelongfield.bsky.social's @cfyounglives.bsky.social - warns the talents of millions of children are being ignored and calls for creativity to be embedded into an inclusive school curriculum tinyurl.com/2eca46yb

🎉well done and so richly deserved, Davara, working on inequalities in children entering care @livunihipr.bsky.social #TeamLivUni

It is never a good sign in politics when your main narrative is "things could be worse", rather than "we are making things better". Labour are banking on people supporting them no matter what. That is bad politics, guaranteed way to lose supporters . #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Neurodivergence - a collection #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek bps.org.uk/collections/...

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I will never, ever get over this.

Spring has come back again. The Earth is like a child who knows poems by heart. —Rilke

So lovely to see blackthorn in flower and a few toads on their slow march to spawn again on our evening dog walks #GarstonCoastalReserve

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

Broadcaster and nature campaigner claims Labour’s attack on wildlife in push for economic growth is ‘PR disaster’

Damning new Ofsted report said 'widespread failures' in Knowsley Council means they are unable to effectively protect vulnerable children - leaving them exposed to 'harmful and unsafe' situations. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

South Cumbria Rivers Trust hopes to install rocks to help migrating eels navigate weirs.

The project marks bringing100 animals from Scotland to Gloucestershire, Devon and Wales.

Liverpool City Council Leader and Toxteth Councillor both scoop national awards www.birkenhead.news/liverpool-ci...

This is me, here looking for connections. Love to connect with folk interested in living environment and its impact on us. On understanding the experiences of mental health and wellbeing and public mental health. Also a wildlife, wild spaces and environmental enthusiast.