It takes a team to create a report

It takes a team to create a report

Maria Longley, GiGL Community Manager GiGL’s flagship report, the ecological desktop study, presents a snapshot of the GiGL Partnership’s knowledge of a site or an area. The report is the culmination of a lot of time and effort to collate information about the whole...
Bridging the GAP

Bridging the GAP

Chloë Smith, GiGL Partnership Manager It is central to GiGL’s philosophy that we don’t work in isolation. The datasets that we manage are products of collaboration and working in partnership is key to many of our services. This philosophy also applies to our...
Hedgehogs in Bromley: A Recent Cause for Concern

Hedgehogs in Bromley: A Recent Cause for Concern

Dr Judith John is a trained botanist, with a main interest in plant and animal interactions, ecology, habitats, and mammals.  Judith worked for the London Borough of Bromley (LBB) promoting Local Nature Reserves, was a member of the World Heritage Site Bid team,...
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...