Saturday 20th June 2020, sampling invertebrates & small fish in the Chelmer ("pond-dipping") from canal footpath. Led by Ken Biggins MBNA. Approach from Danbury down North Hill, some parking in lay-by near bridge CM3 4BS, 2-4pm.

Leader: Dr Chris Gibson FBNA Come along for a summer late afternoon & evening event, starts 4pm, - bring your own picnic! Chris will look for flowers, plants & insects (beetles to butterflies & more) in the churchyard, then a picnic break. As the evening develops, bat detecting & moth trapping around the church exterior. Should be a great event!

Leader: Roger Tabor HonFBNA DUE TO COVID PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE TBA Great opportunity to see the wildlife & plants around Marsh Farmhouse, at the far end of Stoney Lane, off Red Barn Road/Chapel Road, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0SR. Charming setting facing a small lake, where will sample the freshwater life ('pond-dipping'), & look at plants & other wildlife around the Grade II farmhouse location. Will also look at the upper reaches of Flag Creek & its…

EVENT & BRIGHTLINGSEA 2020 TOWN SHOW CANCELLED DUE TO COVID PANDEMIC - until further notice Bring your family along on August Bank Holiday 2020 to help your youngsters develop skills in spotting wildflowers & wildlife at the Lozenge Nature Area, Lower Park Road, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0LG which will be open between 11am to 4.30pm. This is a FREE event run by the Essex Branch of the British Naturalists' Association with support from the Cinque Port Liberty of Brightlingsea. Youngsters…

At: Lozenge Nature Area, Lower Park Road, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0LG. Event open between 11.30-4.30pm. This annual August Bank Holiday Monday event is a jointly organised by the BNA & the Cinque Port Liberty of Brightlingsea. Come along with your family to encourage your youngsters to be able to recognise & identify some of the plants & other wildlife at the Lozenge Nature Area. There are BNA experts on hand to help, your family will be given a Spotter Sheet…

Meet: Valley Car Park, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ. 10.00am – 11.30am Leader: Dr Chris Gibson FBNA Approach the University Campus from the B1028 (Wivenhoe-Colchester road), take the Main Entrance off the B1028 into Boundary Road, turn right into Park Road, the second car park on the left is Valley Car Park. Wivenhoe Park was immortalised in a well-known painting by the outstanding English landscape painter, John Constable. Once owned by the Rebow family, its 200 acres…

Meet: Beside base of Naze Tower, at Naze Car Park, Old Hall Lane, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex CO14 8LJ 10.30am Leader: Dr Tim Gardiner FBNA A counter to global warming is carbon sequestration, seagrass can store as much carbon per hectare as trees in the UK. Seagrass populations have been decimated, but Project Seagrass hopes to turn that around. Come along and be introduced to seagrass spotting & seagrass importance by seagrass expert & award-winning ecologist Dr Tim Gardiner.

Event open over weekend at: All Saints’ Church, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0RZ (Preparation days 9th & 10th December 2021) Once again BNA Essex will be putting our wildlife-themed “tree” into the Christmas Tree Festival at All Saints church, Brightlingsea, Church Road, Essex CO7 0RZ. This is a very successful annual event to which large numbers of people attend & many organisations have a themed “tree”, so a good opportunity to promote the needs of wildlife. If branch members…