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, 4 October 2007

ALL WASHED UP

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Recent strong high tides have taken their toll on the marine plant-life as the beach at the park on Monday 1st was covered in washed up alga...

Sunday, 30 September 2007

SOME WELCOME WARMTH

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Another high tide on Sunday 30th but the weather was gentler today with little wind. There was a reasonable amount of blue sky especially in...

AUTUMNAL ACTIVITY

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Walked along the seawall to the Point with Martin Cock in the morning of Saturday 29th. For a change there were quite a variety of small bi...

Friday, 28 September 2007

HIGH TIDE

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The wet weather has continued into Friday 28th but at least it stayed dry for a walk to East Mersea Point. There was plenty of evidence alon...

Monday, 24 September 2007

RUSSET MARSHES

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Rather windy on the Reeveshall seawall on Monday 24th early afternoon but at least it had stopped raining. Autumnal colours are starting to ...

Saturday, 22 September 2007

EVENING TIDE

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The gremlins had been interfering with the previous posting whilst I had a week away from Mersea. Not sure why the photos didn't show bu...

NEARLY QUIET AT PARK

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The last few days have been sunny and warm - our Indian summer, with a parched ground to match. There was a bit more cloud and breeze on Fri...

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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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