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, 29 May 2009

SUNNY SHOP LANE

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Plenty of sunshine on Friday 29th made it a warm walk along the seawall to the north of Shop Lane at East Mersea. Various insects enjoyed th...

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Thursday, 28 May 2009

PLENTY OF BUGS

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This elephant hawkmoth is one of the most colourful moths that turns up regularly at the moth trap in late spring and early summer. It was ...

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OUT IN THE OPEN

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As expected, the blue tit chicks were ready to leave the safety of the park toilet building and emerged into the open on Wednesday 27th on ...

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

READY TO LEAVE

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The blue tit chicks that have been reared inside the park toilet building, appeared to be on the verge of leaving the nest on Tuesday 26th....

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Sunday, 24 May 2009

MASS INFLUX

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The beach at Cudmore Grove Country Park was nearly deserted during the morning of Sunday 24th. The picture above shows an empty beach with n...

Friday, 22 May 2009

TIGER IN THE TRAP

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The cream-spot tiger moth pictured above on Thursday 21st , is probably the most strikingly marked moths of the park. There have been a fe...

Monday, 18 May 2009

SUNBATHING LADIES

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Another windy seawall walk, this time beside the Strood Channel in the early evening of Monday 18th. The showers had stopped earlier in the ...

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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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