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 -

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

PARCHED PARK

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The country park has been basking in some late September sunshine over the last few days. Despite having some rain during August, the ground...

Friday, 23 September 2011

PASSING MIGRANTS

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More sunshine over the last few days with this comma butterfly basking on a bush at the country park on Friday 23rd. Several butterfly spec...

Monday, 19 September 2011

SEPTEMBER SUNSHINE

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This common lizard was enjoying another sunny September morning on Monday 19th. It was basking on a wooden post alongside the path near th...

Sunday, 18 September 2011

BLACKBERRY CROP

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Made the most of the lovely weather on Sunday 18th with a 9km walk around some of the footpaths in East Mersea. There were quite a few other...

Saturday, 17 September 2011

DARK SKIES OVER MAYDAYS

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Managed to enjoy a breezy walk along the Maydays seawall on Saturday 18th just as the skies were starting to threaten with rain. The strong ...

Thursday, 15 September 2011

SEAL PUP

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This common seal pup was resting on the mud close to East Mersea Point on Thursday 15th. It looked about two-thirds the size of an adult se...

EMERALD EXCITEMENT

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Steve Entwistle did well to find Mersea' first small colony of the rare willow emerald damselfly at Maydays farm on Wednesday 14th. At ...

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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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