Ancient Woodland Inventory Volunteers

Ancient Woodland Inventory Volunteers

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...
Joy of Recording – Lesnes Abbey Woods

Joy of Recording – Lesnes Abbey Woods

The ruins of Lesnes Abbey (© Drone pilot Jonathan Potts Director Dagmar Scheibenreif) Lesnes Abbey Woods, Bexley, is a hidden treasure in the heart of suburban London. Containing the remains of Lesnes Abbey, founded in 1178, the wood includes a diversity of wildlife...
Business as usual

Business as usual

Julie Cox, GiGL Partnership Officer and Commissioning Editor of the GiGLer The last few months have been anything but usual. Whilst COVID-19 has brought about previously unforeseen changes to our daily-lives, GiGL is proud that we’ve been able to maintain as much of a...
London Recorders Day 2022

London Recorders Day 2022

From migrating eels and faecal shields to ‘full frontal newtity’ and figwort weevils, the London recording community continue to find inspiration and joy in everything natural, weird and wonderful. After a year of the world experiencing some of the most hostile...
Interview, Benjamin Town

Interview, Benjamin Town

Benjamin Town, GiGL Community Officer Ben is GiGL’s Community Officer. He delivers work for community partners and clients. This includes work for members of the public and community groups, as well as carrying out work with students that wish to use GiGL data for...