London Recorders’ Day 2019

London Recorders’ Day 2019

Chloë Smith, GiGL Partnership Manager On 2nd November, natural historians, conservationists, educators and data managers of London came together once more; we left the grey skies and wet streets of west London and entered that towering cathedral to nature, the Natural...
London Recorders’ Day

London Recorders’ Day

Suzie Jackman, interim Chair of GiGL’s Board of Directors The first London Recorders’ Day was held on 10th November 2018 at the Natural History Museum. The event was facilitated by GiGL in partnership with the Field Studies Council and the Angela Marmont Centre for UK...
NBN Conference 2018

NBN Conference 2018

Julie Cox, GiGL Partnership Officer The 18th National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Conference was held in November. The GiGL team made their way to Nottingham to benefit from two days of talks on the theme of “the NBN in a changing climate”. The conference is always an...
ALERC Conference

ALERC Conference

Maria Longley, GiGL Community Manager Once a year, local environmental records centres (LERCs) have the opportunity to meet at their association’s (ALERC) conference. As we all operate in separate geographic locations, it is great to come together to share learning...
NBN Conference

NBN Conference

Louise Sleeman, Information Officer This year’s NBN conference, held in Edinburgh, was titled “Going with the flow: supporting the NBN data flow pathway”. This was a very timely topic for GiGL, as we have just written our own Data Flow Strategy. So, we happily joined...