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 -

Monday, 1 December 2014

BRANT BY THE HARD

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The black brant proved very obliging again when it was seen by Martin Cock beside the West Mersea Hard, feeding on algae on the mud on a v...

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

FOGGY FIELDS

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After more rain fell during the night, Wednesday 26th was very damp and foggy. Staying dull all day, the visibility across the park's ...

Sunday, 23 November 2014

WET STROOD CIRCUIT

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After a dull start with some very light rain on Sunday 23rd, more persistent rain fell for the rest of the day. It was not the best sort o...

Friday, 21 November 2014

GLIMPSES OF WHALES

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Having managed to see some of the long-finned pilot whales way out at sea from the park on both Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th, I tried...

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

WHALES OFFSHORE

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There was a report of a pod of about 30 long-finned pilot whales seen in the Blackwater river at some point on Tuesday18th. Seen by so...

Thursday, 13 November 2014

PURPLE SAND AT POINT

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A quick walk to East Mersea Point at the end of the afternoon on Wednesday 12th produced this purple sandpiper on the beach. The only pic...

Sunday, 9 November 2014

SQUIRREL SURPRISE

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Amazed to see this red squirrel posing on our cedar tree in our garden in Firs Chase on Sunday 9th. My wife Nolly and I were treated to a...

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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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