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 -

Thursday, 2 August 2007

MORE BEAUTIES

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Bright blue skies on Thursday 2nd during the mid-morning. Ideal for butterflies and this painted lady was one of three seen around the coun...

Wednesday, 1 August 2007

KITCHEN BAT

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Back to Mersea after a short break and straight into the wildlife watching at all hours of the day and night. There was a wonderfully bright...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

DRAGONS AND DAMSELS

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Tuesday 24th was a day to dry out and the insects like this small red-eyed damselfly , were out enjoying the sunshine. The best place to loo...

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Monday, 23 July 2007

THE PAIN OF RAIN

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The juicy rowan berries in the car park of Cudmore Grove were being weighed down a bit in the early evening of Monday 23rd by lots of rain...

ENJOYING THE SUN

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Plenty of blue sky on Sunday 22nd was more than was forecast, as shown in the picture of a sea hogs fennel plant. This is a nationally rare...

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Saturday, 21 July 2007

MORE ALIENS

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Living on an island is no barrier to foreign invaders and these alien harlequin ladybirds have been noted in large numbers in recent days b...

Friday, 20 July 2007

HAWKS AND LEOPARDS

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The end to another day at East Mersea on Wed 18th with yet more exciting news on the breeding bird front to report. Local birdwatchers Marti...

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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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