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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
Find out more »May 2020
Springtime Flowers & Insects in Wanstead Park, Wanstead E12 5EZ
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Please assume BNA Essex Events will be cancelled until government restrictions change. On Sunday 17th May 2020, experienced naturalist Tricia Moxey, who last year was officially Recognised as a Fellow of the British Naturalists' Association, will be leading one of her excellent & informative walks as part of the Epping Forest Heritage Walks 2020 programme to which BNA Essex members are invited to take part. Wanstead Park is in the southern part of Epping Forest, in Wanstead. Meet…
Find out more »June 2020
Freshwater Wildlife at Paper Mill Lock, R Chelmer nr Danbury, Essex
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.
Find out more »July 2020
Wildlife Event & Picnic at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex
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!
Find out more »August 2020
Coastal countryside wildlife at Marsh Farm, Brightlingsea, Essex
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…
Find out more »Spotting Nature for Families August 31st 2020 Brightlingsea, Essex
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…
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Monday 30th August 2021: Nature Spotting at the Lozenge Nature Area, for Families.
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…
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