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 -

Tuesday, 27 February 2007

WATER OFF A SWANS BACK

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More rain on Tuesday 27th seemed to suit plenty of waterfowl such as this male/cob mute swan with its wings puffed up, swimming along the ...

Monday, 26 February 2007

OYSTER FISHERY

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Brief walk at East Mersea on Monday 26th February along the seawall to the Oyster Fishery building belonging to the Colchester Oyster Fishe...

BIRD IN THE HAND

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Sunday 25th was another wet day and at least 30 toads still making their way to the pond near Firs Chase. The count of ones that didn'...

Sunday, 25 February 2007

OLD TOAD FACE

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One of Mersea's more handsome local residents! One of thirty common toads found on Saturday 24th slowly crawling along the muddy footp...

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Friday, 23 February 2007

RAPTORS ON THE RANGES

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Two hour walk along the Reeveshall seawall, Monty and I almost had the place to ourselves. Even the local flock of sheep seemed bemused and ...

SNAKES ALIVE

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Wednesday 21st was another spring-like day with plenty of sunshine. Warm enough for the first adder to emerge from hibernation at Cudmore G...

Tuesday, 20 February 2007

ANNUAL CARNAGE ON ROAD

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Rather unexpected in the early evening of February 20th was finding part of Firs Chase the scene of carnage with the newly emerged toads tr...

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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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