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August 2023

BNA Zoom Talk by Essex naturalist Tricia Moxey Monday 21st August 2023

August 21, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Our next BNA Zoom talk is by the very well-known and popular Essex naturalist TRICIA MOXEY FBNA speaking about "The alluring nature of some insect pollinated flowers" On Monday 21st August starting at 7.30pm, you can join from 7.15pm,. To obtain Link & details to Join Zoom Meeting: Please contact Steve Rutherford at chairman@bna-naturalists.org . (Picture of Tricia Moxey when she received her BNA Fellowship)

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August Bank Holiday Monday 28th August 2023 Nature Spotting at the Lozenge Nature Area, for families

August 28, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 4:00 pm
Lozenge Nature Area, Lower Park Road
Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0LG United Kingdom
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Help your youngsters to be able to identify wildflowers & minibeasts! Come along to the Lozenge Nature Area, on August Bank Holiday, its open from 11.30am - 4.00pm. Lozenge Nature Area, Lower Park Road, Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0LG Prizes for winners for 11 - 16 years, 7 - 11 & for 6 & under. The Lozenge is a little gem, only 5 acres in total, but a great range of species to spot. Wildlife experts, including BNA President Roger Tabor,…

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September 2023

Mapping attractive scarce plant in Churchyard

September 16, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, All Saints Church, Church Road
Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0RZ United Kingdom
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Saturday 16th September 2023, All Saint’s Churchyard, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0RZ 10.30am – 2.00pm  Bring packed lunch & water to drink. Meet at Lych Gate of churchyard. Leader: Roger Tabor Come along & help map the current distribution of a nationally scarce species in All Saints churchyard, Brightlingsea. BNA’s Roger Tabor HonFBNA first noticed & identified Lesser Calamint as being in the churchyard some years ago. Ken Adams FBNA gave his confirmation as County Recorder. It has an…

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December 2023

BNA Essex “Tree” in Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival, All Saints Church, Brightlingsea. 9-10th December 2023

December 9, 2023 @ 10:00 am - December 10, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, All Saints Church, Church Road
Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0RZ United Kingdom
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We are able to be back this year in the newly restored All Saints church, which was shut during the works on the tower & new facilities (including WC!). BNA Essex has entered a "tree" in Brightlingsea's Christmas Tree Festival for a number of years, always with a wildlife theme, and never with a standard tree, but ones constructed from loppings or trimmings. This year will be no different, but no two years have been the same in design. Last…

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May 2024

BNA Essex at Flatford Mill FSC BIOBLITZ Wed 29th May 2024

May 29, 2024
Flatford Mill, Flatford Mill Field Studies Council
East Bergholt, South Suffolk CO7 6UL United Kingdom
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BNA Essex members all welcome to take part in the BIOBLITZ 2024 at FLATFORD MILL on the Essex Suffolk River Stour border on Wednesday 29th May 2024. Last year found 201 species, the aim is to beat that! If you are coming along as a BNA Essex member please let us know by the BNA Essex email so we can co-ordinate on the day. We will be doing some of our own sessions, plus there are set events by the…

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June 2024

Nature Zoom Talk & AGM; BNA national AGM 22nd June 2024

June 22, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Listen to a British Naturalists' Association nature talk on Zoom, starts at 1.00pm (so connect in around 15 minutes before). The National AGM starts at 2.15pm. More details to follow,  see https://bna-naturalists.org

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July 2024

Wildlife Foray at Carver Barracks/RAF Debden Airfield 6th July

July 6, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 3:00 pm

This field meeting will be led by Fiona Hutchings MBNA for the Essex Field Club, with a kind invitation to BNA Essex members to take part. It is a large tract of calcaeous grassland a great habitat for many species. There is also an ancient wet woodland, heathland, planted copses, water bodies and scrub, so a varied site. Wear appropriate clothing, & bring along a packed lunch (there are picnic tables & a compostable toilet in the Woodland Walk). The…

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Dr Chris Gibson FBNA at Lower Lodge, Colne Local Nature Reserve, Wivenhoe, Essex, Sunday 21st July 2024

July 21, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lower Lodge Farm, Lower Lodge
Wivenhoe, Essex CO7 9SJ United Kingdom
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Fabulous opportunity to join the co-author of the excellent new Pocket Guide book "British & Irish Wildflowers & Plants", Dr Chris Gibson on a plant hunt at Lower Lodge, Colne Local Nature Reserve, Wivenhoe, Essex. Chris is a knowledgeable & enthusiastic naturalist, & recipient of the David Bellamy Award of the British Naturalists' Association as a "naturalist of distinction". Meet at 10.00am, finish at 12.00 noon. Dr Chris Gibson FBNA Over the 2 hours Chris & his partner Jude plan…

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August 2024

August Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2024, Nature Spotting at the Lozenge, for families

August 26, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Lozenge Nature Area, Lower Park Road
Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0LG United Kingdom
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Help your youngsters to be able to identify wildflowers & minibeasts! Come along to the Lozenge Nature Area, on August Bank Holiday, its open from 11.30am - 4.00pm. Lozenge Nature Area, Lower Park Road, Brightlingsea Essex CO7 0LG Prizes for winners for 11 - 16 years, 7 - 11 & for 6 & under. The Lozenge is a little gem, only 5 acres in total, but a great range of species to spot. Wildlife experts, including BNA President Roger Tabor,…

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October 2024

BNA National Encaenia & Exhibits Handling Day at Natural History Museum, London

October 5, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Natural History Museum, London, Cromwell Road, South Kensington
London, SW7 5BD United Kingdom
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October 5th 2024, meet in the Flett Theatre at the Natural History Museum, London. 10.00am - 5.00pm. (A number of BNA Essex members took part in the previous event at the NHM) Professor Ted Benton HonFBNA (on rt) receiving Peter Scott Memorial Award from BNA President Roger Tabor at previous Encaenia at NHM. [Pictures above from previous BNA event at London's NHM, of Herbarioum, lectures by BNA Hon Fellows, viewing the Museum during the BNA event). In the morning there…

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