Weeding and planting was all part of a day's work for Bank of Bermuda staff last week when they helped out at two nature reserves.

About 200 volunteers worked over four days on beautifying Evans Bay Pond, a plot of land at Skroggins Hill, Southampton, recently donated to the Buy Back Bermuda (BBB) campaign to become a public nature reserve.

Former Premier David Saul, from BBB, said: "They have done a fantastic job. I bet a lot of them woke up the following day with muscles they never knew they had before."

On Friday, the volunteers joined Bermuda Audubon Society at the Alfred Blackburn Smith Reserve in Paget.

The bank has been giving staff the chance to do good work in the community for the past three years and last week was their third project of 2008.

They have previously volunteered as observers for public school exams and painted seniors' homes at Elizabeth Hills.