Barnet

Group run

And Den we took it down!

8 GoodGymers made their way 3.6km to help the Highgate Woods in Barnet.

  • Beattie
  • Rachel Melinek
  • Cloud
  • Karen
  • Barnet runner
  • Moya Malekin
  • Theodore Smith
  • Jyothsna Sastry
 
Tuesday, 13th of June 2023
 
Led by Moya Malekin
she/her

7 Goodgymers set off on a warm sunny evening running to Highgate woods, to meet up with an 8th Karen. Our task was to hunt for dens to dismantle! Having been instructed by the ranger on a previous session, we knew to look out for wood propped up, which drys it out instead of allowing it to rot down nicely and provide habitat for insects.
We set off, with Niki and Cloud proving to be super spotters! We quickly got to work dismantling, and laying out the wood to provide protective barriers to stop people trampling too far, and we also got to finish a dismantling job from the last session and add to a pathway we'd made. See if you can spot the 'den' before and after shot in the photos. Beattie and Rachel got the prize for carrying the largest branch of the day!
Whilst we were there we also carried out a bit of citizen science using the Cornell bird i.d app, to track what birds were about that evening. In a short space of time we found the Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Wren, and the European Robin (who was most interested in our work!). A nice run back in the evening sunlight topped off the session.

Report written by Moya Malekin


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Paul Salman
Paul Salman
Wednesday June 14th, 2023 07:24

Excellent report & congratulations on leading your first group run!

Cloud
Cloud
She/Her
Wednesday June 14th, 2023 07:50

Great session yesterday, thanks for leading it @moya!

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Moya Malekin
Led by Moya Malekin

GoodGym Barnet Run Leader

GoodGymers helping out
  • Photographer

    Take photos for the session report

    • Cloud
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Cloud

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