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 -

Friday, 30 November 2007

PLENTY ALONG PYEFLEET

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The weather may have been dull along the Pyefleet Channel on Friday 30th but the variety of birds seen, certainly made the visit worthwhile....

Monday, 26 November 2007

HAVING A HOOT

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One of the regular sights around Mersea these days is the little egret and on Sunday 25th, this one seemed more obliging than most while it ...

Saturday, 24 November 2007

MERSEA TSUNAMI

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A BBC's Timewatch crew visited the country park's grazing fields on a bitterly cold Saturday 24th to look for evidence of the tidal ...

Thursday, 22 November 2007

TO THE POINT

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Walked to East Mersea Point with Nick Green on Thursday 22nd. The timing was perfect for enjoying the spectacle of flocks of waders arriving...

Monday, 19 November 2007

NOLLY'S FOLLY

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Walked along the highly praised "Nolly's Folly" across West Mersea's St Peters Meadow on Monday 19th. Instead of squelchin...

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Saturday, 17 November 2007

MORE WILDFOWL

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There were good numbers of waders and wildfowl seen along the Strood Channel on Saturday 19th. The brent geese numbers have been building u...

Friday, 16 November 2007

FIRST FROSTS

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The first frosts of the autumn were encountered yesterday morning and today - Friday 16th. The clear skies during the night continued throug...

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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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