🌊 London's Clean and Healthy Rivers Plan launched today! It sets out ambitious goals and practical actions to improve the capital's rivers over the next 10 years - benefiting both people and nature. Learn more about it here: lnkd.in/evSqXARK #CleanRivers #LondonRivers #NatureRecovery

Ever wondered what stories lie beneath your borough's landscape? 🌳📖 The London Ecology Unit handbooks are packed with fascinating history 🔍 Explore the newly digitised handbooks: buff.ly/XF9nLkR Read the stories our former volunteer found while using them for GiGL's AWI project: buff.ly/OWFkrf8

This Invasive Species Week #INNSWeek take some time to explore the wealth of resources available to help protect your local wildlife and green spaces from invasive non-native species 💚 The GB Non-native Species Secretariat provides expert advice, practical resources, and tools: buff.ly/BymVw8H

The June edition of the GiGLer Newsletter is here! 📖🌳 This month, we look back at our London Day of Nature event in May and explore the story behind London's updated Ancient Woodland Inventory, a major project that GiGL led over four years: www.gigl.org.uk/gigler/ #LondonNature #NatureRecovery

GiGL's Vicky Kleanthous is excited to be presenting to WildChiswick on the power of biological recording to protect and connect green spaces and deliver an #iNaturalist workshop. Come along at 18.30 to St Nicholas Church, W4 2PH, register through the QR code below! 🐞 wildchiswick.com/event/gigl/

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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…

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The May GiGLer Newsletter is here! 🪲📸🔍️ We’re celebrating 30 years since the 1996 Biological Recording Project that launched GiGL as London’s Local Environmental Record Centre 🥳 We also feature a guest article from macro photographer and insect surveyor Penny Metal🐞 Read here 📖 buff.ly/oksxAGj

A huge thank you to everyone who attended, presented, hosted stalls, and supported us at London Day of Nature 🐞🌼🐸 It was wonderful to see so much excitement, intrigue and discussion throughout the event. Events like this remind us of how strong and inspiring London’s nature community really is 🌿

Thank you to our Session 3 speakers, Richard and Amelia from @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social and Tony Madgwick from LNHS, for thoughtful and inspiring presentations! The good news to take away - greening efforts and enthusiasm for recording continue to grow among the London Community! #LDN2026

Session two is underway at #LDN2026 🌿A big thank you to Heather, Sarah and Elliot for their inspiring presentations! Topics from busy pollinators, to London Invasive Species Initiative, and rewilding! 🐌🌼 @pollinatinglt.bsky.social @citizenzoo.bsky.social #Rewilding #Pollinators #InvasiveSpecies

Our Vicky has officially kicked-off #LDN2026 🎉Celebrating GiGL’s milestones over the past 30 years. Lucy Wattam & Rachel Dring from Capital Growth followed with a discussion on balancing food growing with nature - caterpillars vs cabbages 🥬🐛 Thank you to our Session 1 presenters!!

Today is the day! 🐞🐾🦉 We’re excited to get London Day of Nature underway at Camley Street Natural Park! Find everything you need to know in our delegates pack here: buff.ly/3lzu90Q Share your highlights from the day using the hashtag #LDN2026 #LondonDayOfNature #LondonNature #NatureRecovery

🎉 30 Years and Still GiGLing! 🎉 🔊 LDN speaker: Vicky Kleanthous This month, GiGL celebrates another milestone - 30 years since the Biological Recording Project (BRP) that started it all! It’s also the title of our kick-off talk at this Saturday's London Day of Nature! 💚 #NatureData #LDN2026

🔊 Speaker Announcement: Sarah Lewington 🌿 London Day of Nature | 9 May - 3 days to go! Our very own Sarah, Community Officer at GiGL, is representing the London Invasive Species Initiative (LISI) at LDN 2026! 🌱 #LondonDayOfNature #LDN2026 #InvasiveSpecies #UrbanEcology #NatureProtection

🐝 Speaker: Dr Heather Barrett‑Mold OBE LDN 2026 | 9th May - 4 days to go! We’re honoured to welcome Heather, who leads science and education work at PLT @pollinatinglt.bsky.social, to #LDN2026! Her talk will focus on “Promoting pollinators in the urban environment” 💚 #Pollinators #LondonWildlife

🔊 Speaker announcement: Rachel Dring & Lula Wattam 🐛 London Day of Nature | 9th May - 1 week to go! Rachel, Capital Growth Coordinator, and Lula, London Food Growing & Network Officer, from Sustain will co‑present 'Caterpillars & cabbages: how urban food growers are embracing biodiversity'!

🔊 Speaker: Elliot Newton 🐌 London Day of Nature | 9th May We’re welcoming Elliot from Citizen Zoo to LDN2026. Elliot’s talk, 'London’s Thriving Rewilding Scene', will showcase urban rewilding projects across the capital - from white storks, to German hairy snails and the Tower Mustard Project 🌼

🔊 We’re delighted to welcome Amelia Claridge & Richard Barnes from the LWT to LDN 2026! They will co‑present “SINCs: The elusive network supporting London’s wildlife”, exploring how London’s network of SINCs underpins urban biodiversity 💚 #LDN2026 #PlanningforNature #UrbanNature

The latest GiGLer articles are here!🐸🌻 buff.ly/UbVqvl6 This month is all about getting everyone involved in wildlife recording - no matter your experience level. With the City Nature Challenge (24–27 April) coming up, it’s the perfect excuse to get out and start recording! #CNC2026 #iNaturalist

Our public-facing Annual Report is out now! 🦋 Covering March 2024 to April 2025, it showcases our key achievements, how we’ve evolved our tools and services to better support our networks, and the impact we’ve delivered through collaboration🌻 Explore the report here: buff.ly/I8pyh0Q

We’re excited to welcome Sarah Whild @sarahwhild.bsky.social to this year’s LDN event! A retired academic, botanist, and author of the Biological Recording Handbook. Sarah will dive into some of the more thought-provoking questions in recording! Read more here: buff.ly/d8i9IH7

1 month to London Day of Nature! We have plenty of speakers to announce... We're excited to hear from Tony Madgwick - the new President of the LNHS @lnhs.bsky.social, who will give a summary of their aims, with a review of wildlife records from 2025🌿 #LondonNature #Conservation #Biodiversity

Would you like to showcase your work at our London Day of Nature event? 🌿 If you'd like to display a poster about you work, organisation or project at the event, please email Clara at clara.lehmann@gigl.org.uk for more details! Join us on the day - get your ticket here: buff.ly/tagTdHJ

🦔🪲🍄 London Day of Nature is 2 months away! Join us in May at Camley Street Natural Park for a celebration of London’s remarkable natural environment and the people dedicated to protecting, studying, and championing it. 🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/9NH2SyQ #LondonNature #NatureEvent #Conservation #Wildlife

📊🌿 Our colourful borough factsheets are now updated online! They’re available to explore, download, and share here: www.gigl.org.uk/our-data-hol... Explore visual summaries of species, sites and habitat data holdings for each borough - plus an overview for Greater London as a whole🍄🪲📍

🌿London Day of Nature is approaching! Want a taste of what’s in store? Dive into the recordings from LDN 2024 and explore the topics that shaped our last gathering 🐞🐝 🎥 Catch up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Join us on 9th May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-day...

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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...

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Join us in May for the next London Day of Nature! We'll be at Camley Street Natural Park for a celebration of London’s remarkable natural environment and the people dedicated to protecting, studying, and championing it🦔🪲🍄 🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/KQPnzZj #LDN2026 #LondonNature #NatureEvent

Early bird tickets may have been snapped up, but regular tickets for London Day of Nature are still available 👉️ buff.ly/agc9bT6 Join us on 9th May at Camley St Natural Park for a day of inspiring talks and workshops celebrating London’s incredible nature🦔🪲🍄 #LondonNature #NatureEvent #LDN2026

Early bird tickets for London Day of Nature are selling out fast! Grab yours while they last 👇 buff.ly/PAzaIYA Come along for a fantastic day of talks and workshops celebrating London's nature and all those working to understand, improve and protect it 💚 #LondonEnvironment #NatureEvent #LDN2026

📣 Early bird tickets are now available for London Day of Nature 2026! Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-day... 🎟️ Early bird tickets: £14.40 📆 Saturday 9th May 2026 📍 Camley Street Natural Park - thanks to London Wildlife Trust for hosting! #LondonEnvironment #NatureEvent #LDN2026

London Day of Nature is returning! After a year out, we’re back - and moving the event to Spring🌸 🎟️ Early bird tickets go on sale tomorrow! 📆 Save the date - Saturday 9th May 2026 📍 We're back at our usual haunt - LWT's Camley Street Natural Park #LondonNature #NatureEvent #LDN2025