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 -

Saturday, 5 May 2007

TINY TIGER

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Who says moths are dull and brown, when you see such vivid colours as on this cream-spot tiger moth? This was the highlight of the moths f...

MAY SPRAYS

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The month of May started with the usual colourful display from the many hawthorn -or May bushes around the country park. You can see why t...

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Tuesday, 1 May 2007

BLUEBELL DELL

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Out of the glare of the sunshine and sheltered from the fresh easterly wind on Sunday 29th, this little patch of bluebells nestled in a li...

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Saturday, 28 April 2007

GOING GREEN

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Fresh breeze all of Saturday 28th but at least the sun continued to shine. The highlight of the day was walking past an oak bush on the par...

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CUCKOO FLOWER

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Had to do some fence repair in the field by the park pond on Friday 27th and it was a good opportunity to get a bit closer to some of the i...

Friday, 27 April 2007

BUTTERCUPS AND BRIMSTONES

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More sunny weather on Tuesday 24th and the spring marches on. Something different catches the eye every day and this carpet of buttercups ...

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Monday, 23 April 2007

LATEST ARRIVALS

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A walk along the Strood Channel on the 23rd showed that all sorts of creatures have been arriving onto the Island - and not just the migran...

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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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