This paper explores ways in which first generation migrants living in a UK city engage with urban nature. Through understanding mundane connections with local nature (plants, animals and seasons), we attend to two questions ‘what can narratives of urban nature tell us about experiences of migration’, and inversely ‘what can diverse migrant voices tell us about experiences of urban nature’? We draw on interview data with 23 participants, all born overseas, with a diverse mix in terms of age (young adults to older retired people), gender, country of origin and length of time resident in the United Kingdom. The analysis focuses on three areas: multisensory engagements with weather, care for nature and how transnational identities surface through the relational dimensions of nature narratives. We conclude by highlighting the potential of embodied nature engagement to support a sense of wellbeing and transnational identity across the life-course, with potential to more broadly reflect pluralist understandings of the urban environment.

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城市自然与跨国生活

本文探讨了居住在英国城市的第一代移民如何与城市自然互动。通过了解世俗与当地自然（植物，动物和季节）的联系，我们关注了两个问题：“城市自然的叙事能告诉我们有关移民经历的信息”，反之则是“多样化的移民声音能告诉我们关于城市自然的经历如何？ '？我们使用了23名参与者的访谈数据，这些参与者均在海外出生，在年龄（年轻人到退休的老年人），性别，原籍国和在英国居住的时间方面有各种各样的组合。分析着重于三个领域：与天气的多感官互动，对自然的关爱以及跨国身份如何通过自然叙事的关系维度浮出水面。