Interview: Victoria Kleanthous

Interview: Victoria Kleanthous

Victoria joined the GiGL team in May 2021 as a Data Assistant and is now one of our Community Officers working with our recorders, data providers and students. Victoria in front of vibrant red Acer leaves (© Dominic Ashworth) Town or countryside? Countryside. Summer...
Informing development in London

Informing development in London

New data search report figures and resources In May 2022 we published a GiGLer article re-introducing our data search reports and presenting our new interactive map that shows data search report figures per Local Authority. We suggest you read the article for an...

Ancient Woodland Inventory Update Project Methodology

AWI Update Methodology This project follows a consistent and quality-controlled methodology set out by Natural England and will involve the completion of five methodological phases that will utilise desk-based mapping, historical documents research and field surveys....
Interview: Becca Jordan

Interview: Becca Jordan

Becca joined GiGL in December 2021 as our Habitats Officer and she is already well underway with her project updating and refining GiGL’s Habitats dataset. Read on to find out more about GiGL’s newest addition to the team.     Becca in Hyde Park, a Royal...
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...