The British Naturalists' Association's

EVENTS DIARY:

Summer 2009

For fuller details on any entry please refer to the individual BNA Branch Programmes on this site or to elsewhere on this website for national BNA Events.

JUNE

2nd Martin Down, butterflies, Vernditch car park with Mr P Tong. 10.30am, South West Hants and East Dorset branch

7th Woodland survey at West Wood near Souldrop, Ouse and Nene branch, 10am

14th The lure of Lundy, Clovelly harbour, Taw Valley and Exmoor branch 8.30am

20th Wildlife walk, Nene and Welland BNA Branch

21st Grassland flowers, Moor Green, Hertfordshire. Herts BNA Branch

28th Little Baddow wildlife walk, Central and North Essex branch.

JULY

5 Woodland Survey, West Wood, Souldrop, Beds. Ouse & Nene BNA Branch

5 Rare flower & White Admirals, Bishops Wood & Batchworth Heath, Herts. Herts BNA Branch

6-14 Outer Hebrides Holiday. Herts BNA Branch

18 Evening BBQ, dune flowers & glow-worms. Taw Valley & Exmoor BNA Branch

18 High Beech, Epping Forest walk, Herts BNA Branch joint event with Central & North Essex BNA Branch

18 Cornmill Meadows and Stream. Waltham Abbey). Morning walk. Epping Forest BNA Branch

19 Butterfly Walk, Marks Hall, Coggeshall, Essex, Central & North Essex Branch joint event with Colchester Natural History Society

19 Nature walk, Nene & Welland Branch BNA

AUGUST

1 Insects by day and evening moths, Commons, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Herts BNA Branch

2 Woodland Survey, West Wood, Souldrop, Bedfordshire. Ouse & Nene BNA Branch

15 Estuary Coastal Wildlife & Oysters, Brightlingsea, Essex, Central & North Essex Branch BNA

16 Summer Wildlife, Hoo Wood & Jockey End, Herts BNA Branch

16 Seabirds & cliff-top flowers, Welcombe, Devon. Taw Valley & Exmoor BNA Branch

16 Natural history walk, Nene & Welland BNA Branch

22 Stroll around Glen Parva near Dobbs Weir, usually a good area for blackberries. Epping Forest BNA Branch

27 Bat Watch, evening joint event with Friends of All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Central & North Essex BNA Branch

30 Autumn Birds, Tring Reservoirs, Herts BNA Branch

SEPTEMBER

6 Woodland Survey, West Wood, Souldrop, Bedfordshire, Ouse & Nene BNA Branch.

13 Late insects, fruit & fungi. Burnham Green, Hertfordshire. Herts BNA Branch.

13 Bird Ringing & Autumn Migration, Languard, Suffolk, Central & North Essex BNA Branch

20 Rock pools, Barricane beach, Woolacombe, Devon, Taw Valley & Exmoor BNA Branch

20 Nature ramble, Nene & Welland BNA Branch

26 Roding Valley Meadows EWT reserve, morning nature walk. Epping Forest BNA Branch

OCTOBER

Sunday 4 Survey of West Wood, Souldrop, Bedfordshire, Ouse & Nene BNA Branch

Friday 9 – Monday 11 BNA Darwin birthplace Commemorative Tour & Lecture ‘In Darwin’s Footsteps’ in BNA Field Weekend, Preston Montford Field Centre, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. (Details see p2 & 12)

Saturday 10 BNA AGM Preston Montford Field Centre, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Details see p2)

Saturday 17 ‘A Brief Antartic Journey’ illustrated talk, Digswell Village Church Hall, Herts BNA Branch

Sunday 18 Red Deer on Exmoor, Hillhead Cross, Devon, Taw Valley & Exmoor BNA Branch

Sunday 18 Nature ramble Nene & Welland BNA Branch

Saturday 24 Fungus Foray Thorndon Park, Brentwood, Essex with BNA Fungi Referee, Central & North Essex BNA Branch

NOVEMBER

Sunday 1 Woodland Survey, West Wood, Souldrop, Bedfordshire, Ouse & Nene BNA Branch

Saturday 14 Branch Annual General Meal, Riversford Hotel, Northam, Devon, Taw Valley & Exmoor BNA Branch

Sunday 15 Nature ramble Nene & Welland BNA Branch

Monday 30 Christmas Social indoor meeting, Epping Forest BNA Branch

BNA will be both putting on a stand and providing some field workshops on occasions across the summer at Eco Park, Milton Keynes, Bucks. Please contact the BNA General Secretary for information or if you would like to offer your help.