Students from Instant Muscle entry to employment course, lived up to their name and helped to repaint cycle barriers belonging to Ashford Borough Council. The cycle barriers will be installed at Local Nature reserve sites and will help the safe passage of both pedestrians and cyclists through these busy areas. The designs of the barriers reflect the riverside showing both reeds and dragonflies.

Small mammal surveys were carried out in conjunction with the Kent Mammal Group at Aylesford Green and Buxford Meadow. Young people from the Millennium Volunteers and the 6^th Ashford Cub and Beaver group helped to gather the results. Species recorded included common shrew, pigmy shrew, woodmouse and bank vole.

A recent water vole survey has revealed water vole signs through parts of the Ashford Green Corridor. The general public rarely sees this elusive creature but water voles leave distinctive signs, including feeding remains and latrine sites, the latter also being used to mark territories along the river.