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, 26 November 2013

GREAT NORTHERN

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There was the pleasant surprise at the East Mersea Point of this great northern diver close into the beach on Tuesday 26th. Great northe...

Monday, 25 November 2013

STROLLS ALONG STROOD

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There were small numbers of brent geese along the Strood Channel on Monday 25th although the main flock were feeding on a field on the P...

Saturday, 23 November 2013

PERFORMING PEREGRINES

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Curlew was one of eleven species of wader seen along the Strood Channel on a sunny Saturday 23th. Of interest were 5 avocet , 30 knot , ...

Friday, 22 November 2013

BRANT WITH THE BRENT

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This is the first black brant this winter for the Island, found with the brent geese on Reeveshall on Friday 23rd (standing just behin...

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

WHITE-FRONTS DROP IN

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There was the unexpected sight of these two white-fronted geese in the park's grazing fields on Wednesday 20th. Although there were ...

PYEFLEET POSER

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I think the common seals along the Pyefleet seem to know when to pose for Glyn Evans, as they always seem to put on a good show whenever ...

Friday, 15 November 2013

BUZZARD ON THE HUNT

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This common buzzard was photographed by Michael Thorley as it sat in a tree beyond his back garden, to the west of Meeting Lane in East ...

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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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