A 5km run took Sevan and Kash to Trinity Road Tiny Forest, which, within a year and a half, transformed itself into a Tiny Jungle!

The session was part of the Wildlife Survey that takes place each year in May.

😱 The GoodGymers could tell the place might have been a Tiny Forest, but it was clearly run by weeds: long grass was everywhere and the unwanted plants were generally taller than most of the saplings
📝 Sevan conducted the butterflies timed count and sadly reported no butteflies in the zone
🐝 During the pollinator survey Sevan and Kash spotted two bumblebees - a good sign!
🐞 There were plenty of ladybirds, but they didn't want to pollinate anything - or were too shy to do that in the GoodGymers' presence
🪱 Kash wanted to do a ground dwellers survey, but could not find any biodiversity tiles - were they hiding under the grass or someone had stolen them? She could have sworn she had seen them while conducting the wildlife survey last year
🗣️ Kash had a chat with a local resident walking her dog, who asked: "Are you looking for the saplings?", to which Kash responded: "I'm looking for tiles". The dog walker claimed she had not seen any tiles in the Tiny Forest since last summer.

Despite the state of Acton's Tiny Forest, the GoodGymers collected the data and took photos, which, hopefully, will help Earthwatch evaluate the next steps for the Trinity Road site.

Sevan and Kash were then ready of another 5km run - this time to another Tiny Forest to survey!