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, 28 February 2008

SNAKES ARE OUT

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More sunshine on Thursday 28th provided perfect sunbathing conditions for the early adders at the park. The first adder out was a female t...

Tuesday, 26 February 2008

STRANGE STROOD SHANK

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This is the pond just off Firs Chase where all the toads have been heading to over the last couple of wet nights. On this Monday morning the...

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Sunday, 24 February 2008

RAINING FROGS AND TOADS

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The drizzle early on the evening of Sunday 24th was perfect for the annual amphibian pilgrimage. Amongst the great toad movement were a cou...

Saturday, 23 February 2008

TOADS ON THE ROAD

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It's that time of year when the local toads have to make their perilous journey to the local ponds. I hadn't realised it had rained...

Friday, 22 February 2008

SPRINGING BACK INTO ACTION

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Returned from a fortnight's break to find spring has come on in leaps and bounds. There has been a noticeable lack of rain everywhere an...

Sunday, 3 February 2008

RAW WIND

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It felt rather exposed in the raw wind at East Mersea Point on Sunday 3rd. I think the three snow buntings had the ideal posture in these ...

Saturday, 2 February 2008

FRIENDS REUNITED

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Andy Field and I scoured the park for anything interesting on Saturday 2nd. Amongst a group of 43 black-tailed godwits feeding in the gra...

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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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