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In 2020 GCER published the Natural Capital Mapping Project website, a map viewer showing the first set of Nature Recovery maps for Gloucestershire, plus other useful reference maps. Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership commissioned the site as a showcase for the precursors to Gloucestershire's Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) maps.

Now that the process of building the LNRS is under way, and the Habimap project has provided updates to the underlying habitat inventory, several new and updated maps are being created which will eventually replace the current mapping project website. Pending the creation of a new site, the current site has been updated and made more accessible.

The updating of the Ancient Woodland Inventory in Gloucestershire is entering its second main phase: comparing current and early Ordnance Survey maps with older map sources and other useful information such as recent habitat survey. This will be keeping James occupied whilst Molly and Linda concentrate on Local Nature Recovery Strategy mapping - not just for Gloucestershire but also for Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Tina, in addition to the usual deluge of data searches for consultants and others, will be looking further into the species element of the the LNRS work.

Other projects for this year, in addition to the usual core GCER work, include mapping for Eelscapes, assisting other GWT staff with farm maps, managing the annual Garden Bird Survey and updating the Natural Capital Mapping Project website.

Our Ancient Woodland Inventory Update Officer, Mike Kings, has now moved onto other Evidence Team work, helping our Citizen Science Officer with technical drone and image mapping work. We're pleased to say that his AWI work has been taken on by James Douglas - who is spending half his time as a GWT Intern and half as our GIS Assistant.

Our new Director for Nature's Recovery is Emma Hutchins, who starts this month as the director in charge of nature recovery strategy, including the Evidence Team which GCER is part of. Emma was previously the Head of Reserves Management for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, based nearby at Slimbridge.