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 -

Monday, 29 November 2010

FIRST SNOW

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The Island woke up on Monday 29th to the first fall of snow, although as this picture of City Road shows it was just a thin coating of snow....

Saturday, 27 November 2010

WINTER WADERS

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There was a good selection of waders and wildfowl along the Pyefleet section of Reeveshall at East Mersea on Saturday 27th. This group of wa...

Friday, 26 November 2010

FIRST TASTE OF WINTER

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It certainly felt like the wind was coming straight from the Arctic as it blew across the country park on Friday 26th, prviding the first ta...

Sunday, 21 November 2010

STINT AT THE POINT

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A hundred brent geese were feeding on the green algae on the mudflats just off from the country park, early on Sunday 21st. First thing in...

Saturday, 20 November 2010

FORAGING FLOCK

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There was a very vocal tit flock moving through the trees at the park on Saturday 20th. There seemed to be about 20 long-tailed tits for...

Monday, 15 November 2010

BACK ALONG THE STROOD

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It was low tide in the Strood channel during the mid-morning walk along the seawall on Monday 15th. The early morning fog had lifted and the...

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...

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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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