Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC
GiGL mobilises, curates and shares data that underpin our knowledge of London’s natural environment. We enable our stakeholders to make informed decisions in policy and practice.
Based on the Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 map © Crown copyright and database rights 2015
Ordnance Survey Licence No. 100032216. GLA
Species Records
SINCs
Open Space Records
GiGL Partners
Client Data Search Reports
last updated 05.05.2023
Our Services
GiGL’s wide range of services fall into four categories.
Data Curation
We are data custodians. We digitise records, ensure their high quality and safe storage, and make them available for active use. We also provide mapping tools and tools for data collection; survey forms, recording spreadsheets and more.
Data & Insight
We use data to uncover the truth about the world around us. From quantitative facts about recorded wildlife and green infrastructure, to audits of available data, to gap analysis and green infrastructure modelling, statistics & analysis.
Advice & Consultancy
We provide expert advice, signposting and advocacy as well as partnership and collaborative working. We help identify and demonstrate priorities for public policy and aid policy compliance; as well as providing a wide range of training, mentoring and academic support for our community.
Visualisation
Charts, graphics, maps and infographics. Our visual tools are used by consultants, partners, the media and the arts for any number of purposes. Map data or tell a bigger story with visualisations and infographics.
Submit & Access Data
Send Us Your Records
If you have wildlife or habitat records, we encourage you to submit these here.
Explore Our Data Online
Explore selected GiGL data via our online interactive map.
Get a Data Search Report
Ecological consultants: access comprehensive biodiversity and open space information.
GiGL Life
Summer editorial Issue 33
The variety of articles in the GiGLer’s 33rd Issue reflects our vibrant community and all the amazing work being do...
Joy of Recording – Lesnes Abbey Woods
Lesnes Abbey Woods, Bexley, is a hidden treasure in the heart of suburban London…In this Joy of Recording artic...
Volunteer Update
Since our first AWI volunteers joined the programme we have been able to develop the variety of projects we offer, wi...
Ancient Woodland Inventory Volunteers
Though coming from different backgrounds and skillsets, our volunteers have been united by a love of the environment,...
Interview, Cam Witten
I see LERCs playing a vital role as both stewards and educators. The data and the places we look after are so much mo...
Interview, Nick White
I find nature’s resilience in the face of all we do to it very inspiring. Little things, like a lone ‘weed’ for...
Winter editorial Issue 32
We hope all of our readers have had a fantastic, happy and healthy 2022. After a year of highs and lows, and not just...
Interview: Molly Williams
…I’ve found a great way to learn about the natural environment, and keep it interesting, is to try to get som...
London Recorders Day 2022
From migrating eels and faecal shields to ‘full frontal newtity’ and figwort weevils, the London recording commun...
Interview: Becky Garden
Professional species identification skills can take years to learn, but some people don’t realise you don’t have ...
Interview: Digby Wheeler
I grew up with access to nature and open spaces and encouragement from others to engage with the outside world in a p...
Celebrating our Verifiers: Neil Anderson
One of the best things about GiGL is the exchange of data where both parties gain; I verify records to remove erroneo...
Latest News
Introducing GiGL’s new POSAoD maps
In June 2021, GiGL’s Database Officer Amy introduced you to the updates we’ve been making to our Areas of Deficiency (AoD) models, starting with Areas of Deficiency in Access to Nature (SINCAoD). Now it is the turn of GiGL’s Areas of Deficiency in Access to Public Open Space (POSAoD) maps, which will be released to our SLA partners in April as part of GiGL’s Data Exchange.
Summer editorial Issue 33
The variety of articles in the GiGLer’s 33rd Issue reflects our vibrant community and all the amazing work being done to understand and protect nature in our capital…
London Day of Nature
While ‘recording’ remains at the heart of everything GiGL does, we felt it was time to update the event to better reflect the speakers we wish to champion and the community we wish to welcome – namely all those engaging with and working for nature in London…
Developing an Axiophyte List and Rare Plant Register for Greater London and Middlesex
Axiophytes, Greek for ‘worthy plant’, are plant species which are indicators of habitats of interest for nature conservation….Rare Plant Registers (RPR) are a record of the rare plants found in an area…. The RPR should, alongside the Axiophyte List, provide Local Authorities, developers, ecologists and conservation managers with a valuable resource…
Ecological Network Mapping
Uncovering Greater London’s ecological networks will play a vital role in influencing land management and habitat expansion decisions, focusing local recording effort and directing community participation. We hope that our maps will be useful not only for identifying current networks, but also highlighting opportunities for creating new ones…
Water Vole Recovery Programme
Help us locate remaining water vole populations! As part of GiGL’s work with the London Water Vole Recovery Programme, we have created a short, online recording portal for the submission of water vole and American mink records.
Joy of Recording – Lesnes Abbey Woods
Lesnes Abbey Woods, Bexley, is a hidden treasure in the heart of suburban London…In this Joy of Recording article we hear from 2 fantastic volunteers, Charles and Andrew, who give up their time every month to walk these transects and then send the resulting records to GiGL…We also hear from Ian Holt, the wood’s Estate Manager, on how he works with GiGL to use those records to help understand and protect the site and educate others.