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, 3 June 2011

MOSTLY MOTHS

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The moth trap operated on Wednesday and Thursday nights and when it was checked first thing on Friday 3rd at the park, this neatly marked gr...

Friday, 27 May 2011

BREEZY STROOD

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It was mainly gulls that were seen along a breezy Strood Channel as the tide went out on Friday 27th. A mixture of black-headed, herring an...

Thursday, 26 May 2011

EVENING TOUR

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The Mersea Wildlife Forum had its annual tour around the country park on Thursday 26th with 25 members enjoying some evening sunshine. Some ...

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

SKIPPER IN THE SUN

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Like lots of the other butterflies this spring, this first large skipper of the year has appeared earlier than usual at the country park. ...

Saturday, 21 May 2011

BISON DISCOVERY

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Met up with Chris Nowers and Julie Shead on Saturday 21st at their East Mersea caravan, so that they could show me their almost complete bis...

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FIRST CYGNETS

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It was a pleasant surprise to see eight very young mute swan cygnets on the park pond on Saturday 21st. I wasn't aware of anyone else s...

Thursday, 19 May 2011

TIT CHICKS

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The family of blue tits nesting in the toilet store room in the country park, had seen two of their youngsters leave the nest a bit early o...

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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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