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 -

Friday, 27 February 2009

CATCHING UP WITH THE ADDERS

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Managed to catch up with the first adders at the country park on Thursday 26th, five days after the first one was noted after their hibern...

Monday, 23 February 2009

HARD WATCH

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Spent a short session by the Hard at West Mersea where some fish were just being unloaded off a boat in the early afternoon of Monday 22nd. ...

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Sunday, 22 February 2009

SPOONBILL SPOTTING

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Joined Martin Cock and Andy Field here on the seawall near Shop Lane in East Mersea at the end of Sunday 22nd to look for the spoonbill tha...

Saturday, 21 February 2009

DUSK AT REEVESHALL

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The sun had shone for most of the day during Saturday 21st, finishing off with this view at the Reeveshall pool at dusk. The warmth of the d...

Friday, 20 February 2009

STROOD WALK

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A bright and sunny late morning walk along the Strood seawall on Friday 20th, provided views of the familiar waders and wildfowl as the tide...

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

FIRST SPRING TOAD

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The milder evening on Tuesday 17th saw the first few common toads of the spring making their way along the Firs Chase road in West Mersea t...

Saturday, 14 February 2009

FROSTY AND STILL

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For a change there was no wind on the frosty start to Saturday 14th with the river Colne as flat as a mill-pond. The tall yellow bases of t...

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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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