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 -

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

MOONLIGHT MOTHS

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The new week started with this view above, of the sun rising to the east of the country park at about 5.30am on Monday 3rd. The last few day...

Sunday, 2 August 2009

LADYBIRD INVASION

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On my visit to Reeveshall in the evening of Sunday 2nd, I was shown this dead female sparrowhawk beside the Shop Lane wood by Charlie Poll...

Friday, 31 July 2009

RUBY TIGER

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One of the more colourful moths found in the moth trap early on Friday 31st at the park was this ruby tiger . From the underneath the rich ...

Thursday, 30 July 2009

GROVE AT DUSK

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After a mixed day with sunshine and showers, Thursday 30th ended at the country park with a clear sky and a golden glow just after sunset. A...

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

SUNNY SHOWERS

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Managed a walk along the Strood Channel on Monday 27th in the early evening just after another short sharp shower had passed by. The sun soo...

Saturday, 25 July 2009

BUTTERFLIES ON THE BUDDLEIA

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Numbers of painted lady butterflies have been building up in recent days at the park and this one pictured above was enjoying a buddleia b...

Friday, 24 July 2009

ENJOYING THE BUTTERFLIES

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Amongst the many butterflies seen around the country park in recent days, several brightly marked commas have caught the eye. The sunshine...

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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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