A pair of twins who are passionate about the environment got to meet their hero, Sir David Attenborough.

Miranda and William Herrington-Young, from Leytonstone, have taken part in a sponsored Scoothalon for four years to raise money for wildlife conservation charity, World Land Trust.

The eight-year-olds have raised more than £900 so far, which has supported the charity, which Sir Attenborough is a patron of.

The money has helped projects such as vital reforestation in Bolivia, fighting wildfires in a protected reserve in Armenia’s Caucasian mountains and protecting key habitats for wildlife in Brazil.

Their mother, Dr Eldrid Herrington, said: "Miranda wanted to do a fundraising event and William wanted to support an organisation protecting wildlife.

"We were looking for a charity that Sir David Attenborough supported because they have watched his natural history programmes all their lives and trust him to recommend superb conservation work.

“We found out that Sir David is a patron of World Land Trust and we all loved that they buy land in order to ensure animals are protected for generations and that the conservation is run and developed by local communities who understand and are committed to their own local area.”

Ahead of their latest scootathlon challenge, which involves a running race, scooter race and bicycle race, on July 7, World Land Trust invited the dedicated fundraisers to meet Sir David at a Trust reception following their annual general meeting, held yesterday in Richmond.

Dan Bradbury, director of communication and development at World Land Trust said: “We’re delighted that Miranda and William have had the chance to meet their conservation hero and Sir David was very happy to meet them and congratulate them on their fundraising efforts.

"We are grateful that the twins and their family have chosen to support World Land Trust for several years and that they want to take an active role to help us save land and save species in some of the most threatened habitats around the world.”

For more, see worldlandtrust.org.