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July 2019
Moth Trapping at Wimbish, Essex Friday 5th July 2019
Our new Branch member Fiona Hutchings MBNA has kindly invited BNA Essex members to join her moth trapping at Carver Barracks Airfield, Wimbish on this first Friday in July. Meet at layby for Rowney Woods opposite airfield in Water Lane CB10 2YL, reached off Thaxted Road. You will drive around airfield, & need warm clothes. Mobile moth traps only. Contact ahead email below.
Find out more »Moth Trapping at Saffron Walden
Fiona Hutchings MBNA is kindly inviting BNA Essex Branch members to join her moth trapping at Bridge End Gardens, Saffron Walden, on this & other 3rd Friday evenings of each month in season. There are electric points in the gardens so mains moth traps can be used. Park behind the allotments on Bridge Street (B184), Saffron Walden. The entrance to this has an orange cone beside the footpath sign & is locatedby the last house (34 Bridge St) before allotments…
Find out more »19th July 2019 BNA Essex Freshwater Species Sampling (‘Pond dipping’)
Freshwater species sampling with BNA Essex led by Ken Biggins MBNA of Sandford Mill Stream, on the River Chelmer. Meet at 2pm by the footbridge that crosses Sandford milltail stream at the bottom of Brook End Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6NY near Sandford Mill, . Approach from Chelmer Village Way, into Sandford Mill Road (go over road bridge over R Chelmer), then past the entrance to Sandford Mill Museum & take next right into Brook End Road down towards the…
Find out more »August 2019
Moth Trapping at Wimbish, Essex
Fiona Hutchings MBNA has kindly invited BNA Essex Branch members to join her moth trapping at Carver Barracks Airfield, Wimbish on this first Friday in August (& the first Friday of each month in season). Contact ahead by BNA Branch email for meet location details. You will drive around airfield & need warm clothes. Mobile moth traps only.
Find out more »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…
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