Apr 20, 2023
The card on the left shows an example of the type of records our species volunteers have been digitising, for species such as Yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) on the right (©Radu Chibzii) My last GiGLer article in April 2022 introduced the start of GiGL’s...
May 19, 2022
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...
Jun 18, 2020
Dragons are known to guard high security vaults at Gringotts Bank, Diagon Alley, London. Luckily they escape only very rarely, as is pictured here in 1998 (c) Harshlight CC BY 2.0 Benjamin Town, GiGL Community Officer Back in March 2019, the GiGL team were trying to...
Aug 30, 2019
Benjamin Town, GiGL Community Officer On the 22nd of July 2019 London became the world’s first National Park City; and this celebration of London’s natural environment has sparked a city-wide interest in the capital’s greenspaces. While there is no official change to...
Jul 18, 2019
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...
