BIO-WELL for Birds
We have produced our first taxa-specific version of BIO-WELL! BIO-WELL for Birds is a set of 5 questions that allow us to quantify the effect that birds have on people’s wellbeing.
For each of the following questions, think about how the birds in this outdoor space make you feel (but not domestic birds, such as chickens or pets)
- The number of birds in this outdoor space makes me feel…
- The variety of birds in this outdoor space makes me feel…
- The behaviours of birds (e.g. nesting, flocking, predating, flying) in this outdoor space makes me feel…
- The distinctiveness of bird sounds in this outdoor space makes me feel…
- The variety of bird shapes in this outdoor space makes me feel…
The same response options should be used for each question, capturing physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual wellbeing:
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This work was funded by Research England’s ‘Expanding Excellence in England’ fund as part of their ‘Sharing Space for Nature’ project. More information about the project can be found here: research.kent.ac.uk/sharing-space-for-nature/.