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 -

Friday, 31 December 2010

FINAL FLOURISH

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The fog of the previous few days cleared away enough on Friday 31st, so that some of the birds such as this woodcock pictured above, could b...

Monday, 27 December 2010

BUNTING DOING A BUNK

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Checked out this weedy Strood-side field on Monday 27th, as it had been a month since my last visit. Just as I arrived at the side of the f...

Sunday, 26 December 2010

BURNING THE CALORIES

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Burnt off a few calories on Boxing Day with a good long walk along some of the East Mersea footpaths. It was a brighter day today but still ...

Saturday, 25 December 2010

WAXWINGS FOR XMAS

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A pleasant surprise on Xmas day morning was finding a small flock of waxwings as I drove along the East Mersea road. Fourteen birds perched...

Thursday, 23 December 2010

RELUCTANT THAW

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It was still very cold on Thursday 23rd with a fresh northerly wind blowing in the occasional snow flurry during the day. Most of the snow h...

Sunday, 19 December 2010

BACK IN THE GRIP OF WINTER

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There was at least two inches of snow covering the country park on Sunday 19th. It stayed grey and overcast all day with a very cold breeze ...

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Saturday, 18 December 2010

OUT BEFORE THE SNOW

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It was so cold on Saturday 18th that the waves lapping onto the beach by the country park were leaving behind ice. The high-tide line was co...

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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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