Mersea was assaulted by all the elements on Tuesday 20th with the promise of a very high tide being worthy of a look. The stiff northerly wind meant the park cliff escaped the full force of the waves. A group of turnstones sought refuge at high tide on the old pillbox remains in front of the cliff.
The day had started off with a thin covering of snow but only two hours after this photo was taken at 8 am, two of the usual adders were already basking under the bramble bushes at the rear of this shot. The other bit of action that caught the eye despite the cold, was the territorial display of several lapwings over the wet grazing fields. The wonderful sight and sound of the birds rising into the air, calling loudly to each other and then tumbling back down to the ground. A real sense of spring in the air.
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