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 -

Saturday, 13 November 2010

LAPLANDS STILL PRESENT

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Walked along the Strood seawall on Saturday 13th and was rewarded with views of 3 lapland buntings which was nice. There were still a gathe...

Friday, 12 November 2010

MUDDY MARSHES

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Visited the Rewsalls marshes on the south side of the Island on Friday 12th for a change as I'd not looked at the area for couple of mon...

Sunday, 7 November 2010

RAPTOR ROUTE

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There was a sunny and still start to Saturday 6th with clear views across the park's grazing fields. The flooded western end of the fie...

Thursday, 4 November 2010

SHORELARK SURPRISE

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Quick walk around the East Mersea Point on Wednesday 3rd, provided an unexpected view of a shorelark on the beach. The bird was feeding righ...

Monday, 1 November 2010

BACK FOR THE BUNTING

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The lapland bunting was still present in the fields by the Strood on a sunny Monday 1st. It flew around the weedy field a couple of times ...

Sunday, 31 October 2010

STROOD-SIDE BIRDS

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Despite the clocks changing and the extra hour, I was still out early to check the fields near the Strood seawall on Sunday 31st. This field...

Thursday, 28 October 2010

TIDYING UP FOR THE GEESE

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Have spent the last few days with the tractor swiping down the rough grass and old thistles in the park's grazing fields. Most of the wi...

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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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