We first met Lyns more than 20 years ago when she started volunteering for us in the days before GiGL. We offered her a job, and she has subsequently played a huge part in GiGL’s success through various roles, all of which have been focused on community science,...
By Lyndsey Cox, GiGL Community Manager Brown hare (c) Andy Fisher Mistle thrush (c) Wayne Hoeftmann Slow-worm (c) Roxana Gateson Two lipped door snail (c) Rose Stephens Frog orchid (c) Mike Waite Essex skipper (c) Mike Robinson An example of species on London’s...
Lyndsey Cox, GiGL Senior Community Officer The outdated iGiGL, GiGL’s previous online mapping facility, has been retired and we’re now delighted to present a new way to view London through our updated discovery map www.gigl.org.uk/discoverlondon. The new interactive...
Lyndsey Cox, GiGL Senior Community Officer Every new technology brings with it new advantages and challenges. So it has been in the world of species recording. Phone apps, websites and online recording have allowed a streamlining of the process from observer to...
Lyndsey Cox, GiGL Records Officer Are you enthralled by Ephemeroptera? Can you tell a Baetis rhodani from a Cloeon dipterum? Do you find fungi fascinating or think slime mould is sensational? If so, then you may be just the person we are looking for. GiGL receive...