Bird watching improves your mood. That’s according to patients at a Balby mental health unit – and it’s helped one Doncaster man so much he’s now volunteering with two wildlife charities.

The bird watching scheme at Doncaster Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Balby, which is run by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), was started by former patient Jonny Gillespie and Senior Occupational Therapy (OT) Instructor Colin O’Neil.