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, 27 June 2010

FIRST DARTERS

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Another hot day provided ideal insect conditions on Sunday 27th during a morning visit to St Peters Meadow at West Mersea. The first batch t...

Friday, 25 June 2010

MUGGY FOR MOTHS

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There was already quite a bit of light at 4 am when this Gardner moth trap was checked in the overflow car park field at the country park, e...

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

SIX-SPOTS IN THE SUN

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Numbers of six-spot burnet moths are increasing by the day with this newly emerged female already being mated next to its cocoon on a gras...

Sunday, 20 June 2010

COOL FOR BUTTERFLIES

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Only three butterflies were seen at the country park on a cool Sunday 20th, with this small tortoiseshell pictured above the most colourfu...

Saturday, 19 June 2010

SHELTERING SKIPPER

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The northerly breeze had a chill in it on Saturday 19th, which didn't provide favourable conditions for butterfly activity. One of the ...

Friday, 18 June 2010

FOXGLOVE SPIKES

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A little bit of colour at the country park on Friday 19th was provided by several tall spikes of foxgloves , ranging in colour from dark pin...

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Monday, 14 June 2010

STROOD CYGNETS

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It was sunny and warm on Monday 14th during a walk along the Strood seawall. I walked the full length to see the 4 mute swan cygnets that I...

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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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