Interview, Lyndsey Cox

Interview, Lyndsey Cox

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,...
London’s Priority Species

London’s Priority Species

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...
Discover-London with GiGL’s new interactive map

Discover-London with GiGL’s new interactive map

Lyndsey Cox, GiGL Senior Community Officer The outdated iGiGL, GiGL’s previous online mapping facility, has been retired and we’re now delighted to present a new way to view London through our updated discovery map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...
Show & Tell: Mobilising Paper Records

Show & Tell: Mobilising Paper Records

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...
Verification: We Need Your Help

Verification: We Need Your Help

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...