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, 21 February 2012

OFF THE RAILS

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After a sunny morning on Tuesday 21st, it then turned cloudy for the afternoon and a walk round the park at the end of the day produced one ...

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Monday, 20 February 2012

HARRIER HOUR

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Spent a chilly hour in the middle of the day on the seawall near Shop Lane on Monday 20th. There was still a thin layer of ice on the nearby...

Monday, 13 February 2012

WINTER SURVIVOR

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Although the snow and ice have only just melted, it was still a bit of a surprise to see this peacock butterfly in the Firs Chase garden in...

Sunday, 12 February 2012

ON THE PROWL

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The foxes have been spending more time recently out and about during the daytime, such as this one seen in front of the hide at the park on...

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Saturday, 11 February 2012

ON WOODCOCK-WATCH

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It's rare to find a woodcock pose out in the sunshine, like this one did in Bromans Lane next to the country park on Saturday 11th. I s...

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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

WOODCOCK TIME

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There was still plenty of snow covering the country park on Tuesday 7th making the place look a real winter wasteland. The car park pictured...

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SHOWY SPOONBILL

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Andy Field dragged himself away from household chores and was rewarded with finding this very obliging juvenile spoonbill at the St Peters ...

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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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