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...
Joy of Recording

Joy of Recording

Alison Fure  Alison has been providing her records, both personal and professional, to GiGL for many years, and has encouraged others to do so too. In January 2018 we calculated that Alison was the fourth main provider of records for the Royal Borough of Kingston...
Becoming Better Acquainted with Bees

Becoming Better Acquainted with Bees

Julie Cox, GiGL Partnership Officer The GiGL team has a wealth of different expertise. Whilst we don’t generally use our species identification skills on a daily basis, it’s important we have an affinity for the ID requirements essential to accurately record different...
The Zooniverse of London Birds

The Zooniverse of London Birds

Katharine Davies, GiGL Community Officer  The Zooniverse project to transcribe historic London Bird Records collected by the London Natural History Society (LNHS) was launched at the end of April 2018. The LNHS has been a long term partner of GiGL; they have been...