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, 7 July 2007

DAWN TO DUSK

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Well worth the early rise on Saturday 7th at 4am to check the moth trap. The picture above shows the sun rising into a bright orange sky ove...

EVENING ENTERTAINMENT

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For once we had a day without rain although Friday 6th was windy. A very productive walk around the country park in the early evening was m...

Monday, 2 July 2007

SUMMER COLOURS

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When the sun shone it felt very warm and summery and at this time of the year the old part of West Mersea along The Lane looks very pictures...

BACK TO SEA LEVEL

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After a week in the Lake District dodging the rain and trying to get used to climbing up hills, it was back to Mersea to find out what wildl...

Thursday, 21 June 2007

PLANET ESSEX

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Word has got out. BBC Essex Radio came to Mersea Island on Thursday 21st to find out for themselves what makes Cudmore Grove such a unique a...

Wednesday, 20 June 2007

NEW DAWN

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It was worth being up at dawn on Tuesday 19th just to admire the pink sky from the country park. The moth trap had been running all night an...

Sunday, 17 June 2007

FALCON FRENZY

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I was able to enjoy the Maydays area on the north side of Mersea on Sunday 17th thanks to the farmer giving me permission (saving me a much ...

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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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