Mapping Dragons

Mapping Dragons

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...
Show & Tell: Goose Count Maps

Show & Tell: Goose Count Maps

The Living Wandle Landscape Partnership Scheme has been monitoring Canada goose populations in the Wandle Valley to gain a greater understanding of their numbers and possible effects. With help from volunteers, the partnership have been conducting annual goose counts....
Show & Tell

Show & Tell

To encourage idea sharing and inspire new projects, in each edition of the GiGLer, we will be highlighting a couple of examples of how GiGL partners have used their SLAs. Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss utilising any of the services mentioned, or if you...
LNHS Collaborations

LNHS Collaborations

Helen Baker, LNHS President The London Natural History Society’s (LNHS) remit is the study and recording of natural history, archaeology and other kindred subjects especially within twenty miles of St Paul’s Cathedral, the promotion of scientific investigations, the...
Recording Analysed 

Recording Analysed 

Julie Cox, GiGL Data Officer Records centres like GiGL can do more with biological records than you may imagine. Collation and provision of data and data products is, of course, very important. However, analysis of existing records can also inform future recording...