Book Review: The Meaning of Birds

Book Review: The Meaning of Birds

Chloë Smith, GiGL Partnership Manager I loved this book. So often did I quote it in the office, they asked me to write a review. Written with a warm affection for our avian friends, it reminds you of all the reasons you too love birds, and puts dozens of familiar and...
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...
Joy of Recording

Joy of Recording

Amelia Stodel In the late 1980s, I briefly worked for the Essex Wildlife Trust as a Phase 1 Habitat Surveyor recording the plants and topography throughout the county. A couple of decades down the line, you would find me working in the Western Cape, South Africa,...