London Recorders Day 2021

London Recorders Day 2021

London Recorders Day is an annual collaborative event from GiGL, the FSC BioLinks Project and the Natural History Museum. It brings together wildlife recorders across the capital to discuss exciting projects and initiatives through incredible speakers and interactive...
LERCs: it’s not always about data

LERCs: it’s not always about data

By Eleni Foui, GiGL Partnership Officer (Planning) “Local Environmental Records Centres (LERCs) are not-for-profit organisations that collect, collate and manage information on the natural environment for a defined geographic area. LERCs support and collaborate with a...
Digitising Orpington Field Club

Digitising Orpington Field Club

Maria Longley, GiGL Community Manager It is not very often that we get asked to help digitise the archives of a natural history society so we were excited when the Orpington Field Club approached us to see if we could help. After saying yes, we received a visit to our...
Joy of Recording: 365 days of wildlife

Joy of Recording: 365 days of wildlife

Jane Ruhland, member of the Ealing Wildlife Group 14th September: Grasses at sunrise, Smith’s Farm, Northolt On the 1st January 2019 I began a year-long personal project – every day I would observe and record wildlife through the lens of a camera. I was inspired...