Over the last 18 months GiGL have been mapping all ancient woodland in Greater London. This work will update Natural England’s Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI), allowing us to address errors and omissions in the current dataset, and will help us to ensure that all...
Volunteers have always been a key part of GiGL, whether they’re working hard to help us get through the mountains of data that we receive or participating in large online projects digitising record cards. Volunteers feature as an important branch of GiGL’s network...
Allison Parkes, Barbican Wildlife Garden volunteer The Barbican Wildlife Garden (BWG) is a “green gem in the heart of the City of London!” It is one of three residents’ Gardens on the Barbican Estate and is approximately ten minutes walk from St Paul’s Cathedral. The...
Maria Longley, GiGL Community Manager Stag beetles in garden (c) Sarah Wygas This spring Londoners have helped protect each other by curtailing our daily travels to stop the spread of the coronavirus. This has also, necessarily, affected our trips to visit greenspaces...