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 -

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

AUTUMN SUNSHINE

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Sunshine for most of the day on Wednesday 30th saw this late peacock butterfly soak up some of the warmth on the side of an old pillbox ...

Monday, 28 October 2013

STORM-FORCE WINDS

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Walkers along the West Mersea beach in the morning of Monday 28th had to endure some painful sand-blasting, as seen in the picture above ...

Thursday, 24 October 2013

WIGEON FLIGHT

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These three wigeon flew past the seawall near the East Mersea Point allowing Alan Reynolds to take this nice clear photograph of them dur...

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

SEAL OF APPROVAL

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Glyn Evans found this obliging common seal along the Pyefleet Channel posing for him as this photo was being taken on Monday 21st. A good ...

Monday, 21 October 2013

WIGEON IN THE WET

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The wigeon were out in force today with 750 counted on the park's grazing fields on Monday 21st. This drake wigeon was one of a small...

Saturday, 19 October 2013

BRENT BELLIES

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Not the crispest of photos but this one shows the pale-bellied brent goose that was in the park's grazing fields on a wet Saturda...

Thursday, 17 October 2013

FIRST SNOWY OF THE AUTUMN

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This snow bunting was a pleasant and unexpected find on the beach at the East Mersea Point late on Thursday 17th. A flicker of white in th...

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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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