Three GoodGymers decided to start their Saturday morning by combining activity in fresh air with a calming, slow-paced task in nature.

Harvey made his way to Hanger Hill Park after a far away parkrun, while Sevan and Kash did their second 5km run to get to their second Tiny Forest survey of the day.

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

3️⃣ Harvey, Sevan and Kash conducted pollinator timed count, butterflies timed count and ground dwellers survey
🏵️ there weren't many flowers for pollinators except rogue yellow wildflowers that made it to Tiny Forest through the fence
🪰 Harvey counted one fly landing on a flower - that was our hero pollinator
🙅 Kash and Sevan spotted no pollinators or butterflies
🀦 Hanger Hill Tiny Forest's biodiversity tiles didn't resemble the typical slabs, but wavy roof slates
🐜 under each slate the GoodGymers found woodlice, slugs, ants, spiders and beetles, but also a layer of woodchip
🛠️ following the advice from the Earthwatch survey materials, they GoodGymers cleared the woodchip so that the tiles laid on a soil, which would make future surveys easier

Wow, that's been a second Tiny Forest survey GoodGym Ealing performed at Hanger Hill within a month, following the carbon storage measurement task. Go, citizen scientists!