MERSEA WILDLIFE

WELCOME TO MERSEA ISLAND - A GEM OFF THE ESSEX COAST. FAMOUSLY DESCRIBED IN 1880:- "A MORE DESOLATE REGION CAN SCARCE BE CONCEIVED, AND YET IT IS NOT WITHOUT BEAUTY". STILL UNIQUE TODAY, CUT OFF AT HIGH TIDES, SURROUNDED BY MUD AND SALTMARSHES, MERSEA IS RICH IN COASTAL WILDLIFE. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS -

Monday, 16 December 2024

REEVESHALL MERLIN

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A male merlin was seen perched on a distant fencepost on Reeveshall on Monday 16th, whilst I was carrying out the monthly wildfowl count a...

Monday, 9 December 2024

STROOD HEN HARRIER

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A male hen harrier flying low across the Strood fields on Monday 9th was a nice surprise. It was first spotted as it came over the seawall f...

SQUIRREL DUO

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Two red squirrels visited the Firs Chase garden on Monday 9th to look for walnuts laid out for them. Both red squirrels were dashing abo...

Tuesday, 3 December 2024

SHORELARK STONE POINT

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A shorelark was found at East Mersea's Stone Point late morning Monday 2nd by Jonathan Norgate. Andy Field was close at hand and after...

Sunday, 1 December 2024

FELDY REDPOLL

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A redpoll was feeding in a birch tree in Feldy View on Sunday 1st. After a few minutes it flew west over the caravan park. Redpolls have be...

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

STROOD SHELDUCK

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There were lots of shelduck along the Strood channel on Tuesday 26th with 100 noted -their numbers have increased in the last week or so. O...

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Dougal Urquhart: Mersea Island, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom; I was the ranger at Cudmore Grove Country Park in East Mersea between 1983 and 2018.

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