The Power of Data for Nature Recording species is very important and often overlooked as a good way to help local wildlife.  It can be a fun and relaxing way to take part in citizen science. Victor…

London Day of Nature is an event hosted by GiGL to celebrate London’s wildlife and green spaces, and those working to protect, study and champion it. The 202...

Over the past nine years, Buglife has been busily mapping a network of Important Invertebrate Areas (IIAs) for Great Britain. Each of the 100+ IIAs is home to nationally or internationally important…

Pseudotrichia rubiginosa is a rare non-marine snail that clings to damp riverside vegetation and wetland margins. Despite its modest size, it has an intriguing backstory - with scattered records…

Pollinators thrive when we give them the basics: food, shelter and space. London’s pollinators are resilient, but they need our help. Every patch of green matters. Together, we can make sure the city…

As a local government ecologist, I’m committed to finding ways and means to help the public provide the ecological records that make their lives, and the lives of the wildlife they value, a little…

The story of how these marvellous beetles came to represent almost 0.5% of our total species database today spans the history of GiGL, embodies the strong professional and personal bonds that tie GiGL...

This article explores the insights we can produce by combining the environmental data that GiGL hold with datasets from other organisations and platforms. We’ll showcase some mapping and analysis…

Chances are, wherever you live, if there’s greenery around there will be owls there too