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, 30 October 2014

CHAT-UPS AT THE PARK

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The pair of stonechats were perching up obligingly on Thursday 30th alongside the dyke at the country park. The female pictured above and...

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

NEW ARRIVALS

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A curious red squirrel sticks its nose out of its box to survey its new surroundings having just been brought to the Island from Surrey ...

Monday, 27 October 2014

AUTUMN SUNSHINE

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The autumn sun shone for most of Monday 27th providing another warm day on the Island, here the sun setting at the end of the afternoo...

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

THE EGRET HAD LANDED

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The great white egret made a brief stopover along the north side of the Island on Wednesday 22nd. Having first been seen by Martin Cock a...

HARE TODAY

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Very pleased to find this brown hare on the park's grazing fields on Monday 20th, and it even stopped very briefly for this picture t...

Sunday, 19 October 2014

HERONS JOIN EGRETS

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Up to three grey herons have been roosting by the park pond most high tides, whenever there's a big, little egret roost there. Andy F...

Wednesday, 15 October 2014

OUZEL WATCH

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Excitement at East Mersea early on Tuesday 14th when six ring ouzels were found beside the country park. This well-marked male photograph...

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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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