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 -

Friday, 20 June 2025

HERD OF ELEPHANTS

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A colourful herd of hawkmoths visited the Firs Chase garden on the night of Friday 20th. Fourteen elephant hawkmoths came to the garden mot...
Tuesday, 10 June 2025

CUDMORE BARN OWL

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The barn owl at Cudmore Grove was photographed on the owl-box near the park pond by Andy Field on Tuesday 10th June. It had been seen hunti...
Sunday, 8 June 2025

COLOURFUL LINNET

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A colourful male linnet perched on a bush along the Strood seawall on Sunday 8th - ten linnets were seen in total in the area. Along the ...
Thursday, 5 June 2025

ELEPHANTS AND TIGERS UP EAST

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A Small Elephant Hawkmoth was one of the striking moths seen at Cudmore Grove Country Park on Wednesday 4th, during a mothing evening held b...
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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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