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, 1 August 2011

ADMIRALS AND PEACOCKS

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There has been a good showing of red admirals , photo above, and peacock butterflies at the park especially on the flowering buddleia. The ...

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Thursday, 28 July 2011

MERSEA MAMMALS

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Managed to see a variety of mammals on the Island over the last few days with this hedgehog being one of them. It was found on Tuesday 26th...

Sunday, 24 July 2011

BUTTERFLY WATCHING

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It was a good day for watching butterflies with a good number of various species around the country park on Sunday 24th. It's not often ...

Friday, 22 July 2011

MATING MOTHS

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This pair of mating six-spot burnet moths were among about ten six-spots in the country park on a sunny morning on Friday 22nd. In this pic...

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

MOTH GROUP VISIT

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Members of the Essex Moth Group made their annual visit to the country park on Tuesday 19th. Five traps were set up near the car park with t...

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Sunday, 17 July 2011

SHOWERY WEEKEND

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It was another day of showers on Sunday 17th with some torrential downpours at times. The sun managed to shine through on a few occasions su...

Friday, 15 July 2011

ON THE PULL

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A short time was spent on Friday 15th pulling up the ragwort plants with their bright yellow flowers from the park's grazing fields. Ha...

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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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