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August 2019
BNA Essex: Coastal Marine Wildlife Event 10th August
Coastal marine wildlife event on the Essex Sunshine Coast at Brightingsea led by Roger Tabor, BNA President. Meet at seats by Boating Lake at 10am in Promenade Way, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0HH. There are car parks, wc & refreshments/ice creams available in Promenade Way. BNA members & youngsters free, non-members £3. (Any youngsters should be accompanied by their appropriate adult(s)).
Find out more »Nature Spotting at the Lozenge, Brightlingsea, for Families
Family taking part in Nature Spotting at the Lozenge Leader: Roger Tabor. This annual 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, Lower Park Road, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0LG. There are experts on hand to help, your family will be given a Spotter Sheet with…
Find out more »National BNA AGM at Perivale Wood, 31st August 2019
Due to the great success of last year's national BNA AGM we are returning to the same great location hosted by the Selborne Society at their Perivale Wood Reserve & their excellent straw-built Bluebell Centre. The reserve has a great range of habitat including ancient woodland & grassland. As last year the Selborne Soc are kindly providing a complimentary lunch to BNA members & guests. Access is easy as the reserve is just a couple of hundred metres away…
Find out more »October 2019
Official Tree Planting for RSB’s BIOLOGY WEEK at Brightlingsea, Essex
Official Tree Planting for the Royal Society of Biology's BIOLOGY WEEK at Brightlingsea, Essex On Friday 11th October British Naturalists' Association Essex Branch will be supporting BIOLOGY WEEK by a joint official tree planting with the Brightlingsea Town Council at the Lozenge Nature Area,in Lower Park Road in Brightlingsea,CO7 0LG. The Mayor, Cllr Graham Steady will be joined by the British Naturalists' Association's President & Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Roger Tabor at 2.30pm at the Nature Area…
Find out more »November 2019
Planting New Meadow by the Lozenge Nature Area
Come along & help Brightlingsea Nature Network put in seeds for a new meadow alongside the Lozenge Nature Area in Brightlingsea. Essex Branch of British Naturalists' Association actively supports & co-operates with the Network, so some BNA Essex members will be there & others are welcome to take part. Cobnuts who are affiliated to BNA will also be taking part. The organiser Suzie Jenkins is a BNA member & is welcoming support so feel free to lend a hand. Native…
Find out more »Brightlingsea Wildlife Display & Natural History Reminiscences, Brightlingsea Museum 16th November 2019
On 16th November 2019 from 10am - 3 pm come along to Brightlingsea Museum for an unusual event of 'Natural Histories' where you can recall your wildlife memories of Brightlingsea countryside, shoreline or gardens, which will later be drawn together to form a 'Natural Histories' exhibition. This is a collaboration of Brightlingsea Museum, Brightlingsea Nature Network & Cob-nuts. As part of this on the 16th November at the museum, Essex Branch of British Naturalists' Association (BNAEssex) will be holding a…
Find out more »December 2019
BNA Essex Stand at Essex Field Club Annual Exhibition & Social
Join us in the Green Centre at Wat Tyler Country Park, Basildon SS16 4UH Take this opportunity to meet up with some Essex species group recorders, view the range of exhibits on Essex Wildlife, and look around the country park, look forward to seeing you there. Refreshments available. Plenty of parking spaces at the Centre (grid reference TQ738865) follow Pitsea Hall Lane into the Country Park, & if by train, station just 1km. If you are able to lend a…
Find out more »BNA Essex Christmas Tree December 2019
This year's 2019 Festival is on the weekend 14 - 15th December. If you can come along & help put it together on the Thurs/Fri before please contact the BNA Essex email, essex@bna-naturalists.org. We normally construct the 'tree' from clippings & trimmings from appropriate garden trees & make it each year to a wildlife/nature theme, with decorations featuring hedgehogs, mice, snails, ladybirds & other species. It is an opportunity to help promote the British Naturalists' Association's local Essex Branch to…
Find out more »February 2020
BNA Essex display at Railway Tavern & Recording ‘Natural Histories’ Sat 8th February 2020
BNA Essex will have a display in the lounge bar of the newly refurbished Railway Tavern in Brightlingsea from noon until 3pm. Roger Tabor will be there to discuss Brightlingsea wildlife. We are again taking part with Brightlingsea Nature Network/Cobnuts (which is affiliated to BNA) in "Natural Histories" where you can come along & have your memories of Brightlingsea area's wildlife from when you were younger recorded. There will also be aerial photos from the 1950s, 60s & 70s taken…
Find out more »Essex Coastal Waders & Wildfowl, Bird Watching Boat Trip, February 22nd 2020
Join us on a 2 hr boat trip along Brightlingsea Creek to see the Estuary birds. Spotting winter waders & wildfowl with Gerry Johnson MBNA & Roger Tabor HonFBNA. Dress warmly & bring binoculars. Meet Brightlingsea Town Jetty, Waterside CO7 0AX. Places are limited, please contact us if you are interested : essex@bna-naturalists.org See the report from the 2019 Birding Boat Trip in the Reports Section on this BNA Essex site
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