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 -

Thursday, 29 July 2010

HUMMER-SUMMER

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Andy Field took these two photos recently of a hummingbird hawkmoth that he saw sipping nectar from flowers in his garden in High Street N...

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Monday, 26 July 2010

GARDEN INSECTS

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There has been lots of insect activity around a lavender bush in the Firs Chase garden in West Mersea in the last few days. Whenever the sun...

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

MASSES OF MOTHS

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The annual visit by members of the Essex Moth Group took place on Tuesday 2oth on a warm and partially cloudy night. The conditions were ide...

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Monday, 19 July 2010

SUMMER CHIRPING

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The moth trap was put out at the country park in the evening of Monday 19th on a warm and still night. Just under 40 species of moths were n...

PYEFLEET WALK

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Spent the last hour and a half on Saturday 18th at Reeveshall alongside the Pyefleet Channel, where the setting sun briefly shone before it ...

Thursday, 15 July 2010

SHELTERING FROM THE WIND

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There were one or two sheltered parts of the country park where the evening sunshine on Thursday 15th, provided enough warmth for a few but...

Sunday, 11 July 2010

HOT WEEKEND

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The hot weather continued into the weekend with both Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th seeing temperatures into the mid to high 20's. A wal...

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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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