This was our first time back at Whitton Youth Zone after quite a few months and boy, were there loads of new weeds that had taken resident again!

4 Good Gymers went straight for them, clearing the area which will have a new water feature installed this week! We also had help from a little feathery robin also showing off its red (GoodGym) colours.

We covered good ground and the robin cleared all the worms. Next time, it will be great to see how the water feature will look like in the new space.

I really enjoyed helping weed around some hedging plants by Hogsmill and then removing some bramble from Kingston Cemetery to help improve and protect habitat for yellow meadow ants. Beautiful weather, good company and worthwhile tasks.

From Alison of Kingston Biodiversity University Group 'Thanks to Good Gym and a great task along the Hogsmill yesterday. This included: painting the benches; removing flytipped rubbish; cutting up discarded debris; and weeding around the hedge that was planted last year. When finished we went into the cemetery to take the young bramble growth off the yellow meadow ant mounds. There are two pairs of grey wagtails nesting along this stretch of the Hogsmill, its a good place for house sparrows and we had a good view of a great spotted woodpecker in a young ash tree.'