Big City Bug Hunt

Big City Bug Hunt

Are you Critter Curious? Join Capital Growth’s Big City Bug Hunt and become a citizen scientist! If you’re part of a community growing group, Capital Growth and GiGL need you! Since last summer Capital Growth, London’s largest food growing network and GiGL have...
Still GiGLing: 30 Years of Nature Data, People and Persistence

Still GiGLing: 30 Years of Nature Data, People and Persistence

2026 is a year of significant anniversaries for us here at GiGL Towers. We launched as a hosted local environmental records centre 20 years ago, having spent two years in a development phase with a clear goal of established diversified and sustainable revenue streams...
Seeing Small: Bugs, Data, and Making It All Make Sense

Seeing Small: Bugs, Data, and Making It All Make Sense

Penny is a graphic designer, insect surveyor, and macro photographer, but in practice, those things all come together through her love of biological recording – paying close attention to what’s living around us and turning that into something useful. Most people don’t...
Recording Chiswick’s Wildlife – Why Urban Species Surveys Matter

Recording Chiswick’s Wildlife – Why Urban Species Surveys Matter

Joanne Gilbert is founder and chair of WildChiswick. The not-for-profit community group was established in 2021 with the aims of making residents aware of the wildlife around them and why other species are important for biodiversity. They encourage people to protect...