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, 28 July 2008

COUPLE OF CROSSBILLS

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Spent an hour along the Reeveshall seawall on a hot Monday 28th. The tide was out along the Pyefleet Channel so waders were thinly scattere...

SKIPPERS IN THE SUN

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The sun shone all day on Saturday 26th at the country park, ideal weather again for many butterflies such as this Small skipper , pictured a...

Friday, 25 July 2008

IDEAL FOR INSECTS

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Another warm and sunny day on Friday 25th was ideal weather for many of the insects to be on the wing. This eye-catching dragonfly pictured...

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Wednesday, 23 July 2008

MOTHING FRENZY

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The moths at Cudmore Grove Country Park must've felt very confused on the night of Tuesday 22nd. Eighteen members of the Essex Moth Grou...

Sunday, 20 July 2008

DISTANT SPECKS

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There was enough sunshine in between the cloudy periods for Sunday 20th to be a warm summer's day. The beach at the country park, pictu...

SUNSET SWARM

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Spent the last hour of daylight along the Pyefleet seawall at Reeveshall on Saturday 19th. The tide was well out and although there was ple...

Friday, 18 July 2008

BAGGING RAGWORT

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Have spent a couple of sessions over the last couple of days in the park grazing fields removing all the ragwort plants. The bright yellow...

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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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