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, 31 January 2009

DISTANT HARRIERS

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The easterly wind across the park on Saturday 31st, meant it was a day to keep moving about. The wigeon on the grazing fields were the mai...

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Thursday, 29 January 2009

CHILLY AT THE PARK

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After a damp yesterday, it was nice to see the sun today Thursday 29th, although there was a chilly wind blowing across the country park. At...

Monday, 26 January 2009

CALM AT CUDMORE

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There was a big improvement in the weather on Monday 26th and with the sun shining with no wind, it was very pleasant along the beach at the...

Sunday, 25 January 2009

- TO A MOUSE

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It seemed a bit of a sad coincidence that this small harvest mouse was dropped by a weasel on the famous Rabbie Burns day on 25th January...

Saturday, 24 January 2009

SUNSET FROM WEST

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After a few days break, found time at the end of Saturday 24th for a late afternoon walk on the beach by St Peters, at West Mersea. After lo...

Saturday, 17 January 2009

PLENTY OF WILDFOWL

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Plenty of wildfowl were using the flooded grazing field at the country park on Saturday 17th. Around 500 brent geese were feeding in nearb...

Friday, 16 January 2009

BRIEF PARK WALK

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The sun came out only briefly on Friday 16th but generally it was dull for most of the day at the country park. The park pond pictured above...

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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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