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 -

Sunday, 28 February 2010

MORE RAIN

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More rain fell on the park on Sunday 28th with this area pictured above, showing the ground completely saturated. The park normally copes wi...

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

WATCHING THE WAXWINGS

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Big excitement early on the morning of Wednesday 24th, when these two waxwings were found in the middle of West Mersea. This picture above...

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Sunday, 21 February 2010

FLOCKING TO THE FIELDS

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Made a quick visit to Reeveshall and its pool in East Mersea, pictured above, in between some heavy showers on Sunday 21st. A combination of...

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Saturday, 20 February 2010

CALM ALONG STROOD

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Conditions along the Strood Channel pictured above, on Saturday 20th were sunny and calm. There was still a hint of a chill in the air and t...

Friday, 19 February 2010

PEREGRINE OVER PASTURE

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The wet grazing fields at the park are still proving popular with the waders and wildfowl and there was plenty to admire during the high tid...

Monday, 15 February 2010

FROSTY RECEPTION

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Having returned from a fortnight of foreign sunshine, it was a bit of a frosty reception here, having to scrape ice off the car windscreen e...

Friday, 29 January 2010

ARCTIC WIND

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The water levels around the park continue to creep up following more rain in recent days. The water in the dyke pictured above, was spilling...

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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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