WELCOME TO THE BNA WEBSITE
We hope you find it interesting and stimulating, and hope you will join the Association and swell the numbers of Britain’s Naturalists.
Join the BNA the national body for naturalists, founded in 1905, and extend your interest in the British countryside by taking part in a wide range of activities together with fellow enthusiasts of all ages. With the help of our experts, you will be able to learn more about our native flora and fauna and develop an in-depth understanding of how our natural world develops and changes increasingly important in view of the changes in our climate.
At national level, the BNA organises lectures and exhibitions, publishes Country-Side, British Naturalist, the BNA website and the BNA holds occasional conferences and Field Trips at a different location each year.
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Plantlife’s No Mow May is Back!
Let’s all let it grow for nature in 2026!
“No Mow May” is one of the easiest ways to help and connect with wildlife, and the perfect way to start supporting nature in your garden (in May and beyond!).
Join in by letting the wildflowers grow and be part of the No Mow Movement.
Find out more information on how you can help by visiting their website >> https://www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/nomowmay/
By joining in and leaving part of your lawn to grow, you will be helping insects to survive and gain a colourful ‘wild’ area where insects, bees and butterflies can thrive. By creating a range of grass lengths around your garden will have the biggest benefit for biodiversity. We need to break away from the narrative that wilder gardens are simply neglected or overgrown; after all, the habitat for many of our wildflowers would have been maintained in a natural landscape by wild grazing animals. These areas should be valued as beautiful sanctuaries, sheltering and supporting an enormous number of species.
Visit the website above and find out how you can help, and you will gain your own wild environment in your own garden. Somewhere to sit, relax and watch the wildlife on your own “private nature reserve”!
Check out our Wild News page here>> Wild News to see how wildlife, conservation and the environment are coping with the changing climate.
New BNA Branch in Staffordshire.
Email Steph and Andy to find out more >>
bnanaturalistsstaffordshire@outlook.com
National AGM Saturday May 30th 2026
Via Zoom Portal
Details can be found on this link at the bottom of the page:
https://bna-naturalists.org/about-us-2/
and will be sent to all members nearer the date
What to look for in April from the BNA
By D. Farrar
April is the month when many varieties of wild flowers begin to bloom. They appear in different habitats such as wetlands, meadows and woodlands, but always look lovely when the sun shines on them.
Bogbean – Menyanthes trifoliata. The name of this plant does not do the flower justice! Flower buds appear red, the flower is white, star shaped with feathery edges, leaves are similar shape to clover but much larger. You could see it growing in and around the edges of large ponds.
Cowslip – Primula veris. A favourite springtime flower, cowslips can be found growing in meadows, woodlands and roadside verges. Flowers are yellow, bell-shaped with five petals and appear in clusters at the top of upright stems.
Wood Anenome – Anemonoides numorosa. An unmistakeable woodland plant, wood anenomes are slow growing, but will in time cover a woodland floor. Their pretty white flowers open in the sunshine but closes up as the light fades.
Salad Burnet– Sanguisorba minor. This attractive plant grows in grassy places and as its name suggests, leaves can be used in salads and it smells similar to cucumber. Flowers are reddish and pom-pom shaped. It is a perfect nectar source for bees and other pollinating insects.
