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 -

Friday, 31 January 2014

WADER AND WILDFOWL FLOCKS

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More rain in recent days brought more waders and wildfowl onto the park's grazing fields, especially for the high tide roosts. The fie...

Sunday, 26 January 2014

WETTER FOR DUCKS

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Conditions on the country park continue to get wetter and better for ducks following more recent rainfall on Sunday 26th. Here the first ...

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

BUNTINGS REAPPEAR

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There was the nice surprise of these two snow buntings feeding on the beach at the East Mersea Point mid afternoon on Wednesday 22nd. Th...

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

OFFSHORE ACTION

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This nice group of red-breasted mergansers were seen by Glyn Evans during his Webs count along the north side of the Island on Monday 2...

Thursday, 16 January 2014

MALLARDS MATING

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Another mixed weather day on Thursday 16th with mainly sunshine but also one or two showers. Seemed to be a lot of rain fell through Wedne...

Sunday, 12 January 2014

SHEPHERDS WARNING

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Not sure what the old shepherd's warning was for on Sunday 12th, as the sky lit up red early in the morning, looking from the park to...

Saturday, 11 January 2014

CLEAR BLUE SKY

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The weather calmed down for Saturday 10th with clear blue sky for most of the day. The visibility was so clear in the morning, the North ...

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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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