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 -

Thursday, 28 February 2013

DISPLAYING PEE-WITS

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The sun made a brief appearance over the country park during Thursday 28th in the afternoon but generally it was still cloudy with a cold...

Sunday, 24 February 2013

COLD WIND BLOWS

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The cold wind continued to blow across the park on Sunday 24th and the grey sky made for a very dull end to the day. The only place to she...

Friday, 22 February 2013

COLD AND QUIET

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Another cold day on Friday 22nd at the park with occasional flurries of small snow flakes blowing throughout the day. Nothing settled...

Monday, 18 February 2013

HARRIER WATCH

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Joined Andy Field and Martin Cock on the Shop Lane seawall for the late afternoon count of harriers going into the Langenhoe roost on Mond...

Sunday, 17 February 2013

FOG SHROUD

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Plenty of sunshine in the morning of Sunday 17th and conditions were looking good for finding some birds at Maydays farm on the north sid...

Saturday, 16 February 2013

CHEEKY CHAFFINCH

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This female chaffinch is a regular visitor to the bird hide at the park, on the scrounge for crumbs on the floor from people's snack...

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

BLACK-NECK SURPRISE

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Very surprised to find this black-necked grebe close into the beach near the East Mersea Point on Tuesday 12th. It was so close you c...

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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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