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 -

Saturday, 6 September 2008

PHALAROPE FRENZY

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We have Michael Thorley to thank for sending several of us into a frenzy when he found this red-necked phalarope near Coopers Beach at East...

Friday, 5 September 2008

AFTER THE DELUGE

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More rain fell during most of Friday 5th making it another very wet and windy day. However it brightened up at the end of the afternoon and ...

Wednesday, 3 September 2008

REELING IN THE SPECIES

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Expert botanist Luke Bristow couldn't resist checking out the plants in the ditch in the country park's grazing fields during his vi...

Monday, 1 September 2008

SPECKS ON THE MUD

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Breezy but bright day on Monday 1st, with the picture above showing the late afternoon view eastwards to Brightlingsea. The tide was on its ...

Sunday, 31 August 2008

LAST HAZY DAY OF SUMMER

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It was quite a surprise at dawn whilst checking the moth trap to find thick fog covering the country park on Sunday 31st. The sun soon burnt...

Saturday, 30 August 2008

LAZING LIZARDS

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At least ten common lizards were taking full advantage of the sunshine at the country park on Sunday 30th. Along a short section of old fe...

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Thursday, 28 August 2008

TRAPPED OLD LADY

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The most interesting moth in the trap at the country park early on Wednesday 27th was this Old Lady . Although it's quite a common moth,...

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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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