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 -

Monday, 31 December 2007

END OF YEAR FLOCKS

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The large and noisy brent geese flock made their presence known to the visitors to the country park and adjacent fields in East Mersea on M...

Sunday, 30 December 2007

THE TWITE TWITCH

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A very productive walk along the Pyefleet seawall on Sunday 30th with part of the walk being joined by Martin, Ann, Lyn - and some furry fri...

Saturday, 29 December 2007

HARRIER HARASSMENT

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Last hour of daylight was spent on the Reeveshall seawall on Saturday 29th. There was no mud on show along the Pyefleet as the walk coincide...

HARD CIRCUIT

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Breezy but bright on Friday 28th for a brief visit to the Hard at West Mersea. The main concentration of birds was on the Packing Shed Islan...

Thursday, 27 December 2007

WINTER WALK

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It was grey and overcast at the country park on Thursday 27th, a change from the bright sunshine of yesterday. One corner of the park in rec...

BOXING DAY

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Ideal weather for a box-ing day walk along the Strood seawall, walking off the excesses of the previous day. At the start of the walk a spar...

Tuesday, 25 December 2007

BUILDING AN APPETITE

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Managed to fit in a morning walk to East Mersea Point to help build up an appetite for the lunch on Tuesday 25th before the rain set in. Th...

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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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