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, 1 May 2008

DONNER UND BLITZ

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Spent most of Thursday 1 May looking at the sky wondering if any of the big black rain clouds would pass overhead. True to local form, most ...

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Monday, 28 April 2008

ONE DAY OF SPRING

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The moth trap was checked early on Saturday 26th where about 28 moths of 11 species were found. The distinctive looking chocolate-tip moth ...

Friday, 25 April 2008

FIRST SPECKLED OF SPRING

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The warm weather on Friday 25th enticed almost a handful of butterflies out to enjoy the sunshine. This speckled wood pictured above was s...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

CAR PARK CROONERS

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It stayed sunny for most of Tuesday 22nd although there was still the cool easterly breeze. Spring flowers are continuing to make the most o...

Sunday, 20 April 2008

GEMS IN THE GLOOM

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Once the breeze had blown away the morning mist and gloom, the afternoon of Sunday 20th turned into a sunny and very spring-like day. This s...

Saturday, 19 April 2008

SPLASHES ON SALTMARSHES

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One or two items of interest during a walk along the Strood seawall on Saturday 19th. Unfortunately the tide was well in and so very few wad...

Thursday, 17 April 2008

DAISY CARPET

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It has been cold enough in recent days for this photo to be of snow lying on the ground. In fact it is the eyecatching carpet of daisies g...

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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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