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 -

Saturday, 31 January 2015

FLURRIES ALONG STROOD

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Something spooked a big flock of brent geese to take to the air by the Strood during a heavy snow shower during the afternoon of Saturday...

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Thursday, 29 January 2015

FLIGHT OF THE CURLEW

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This curlew obligingly passed over the camera of Alan Reynolds, allowing this flight view at the country park on Friday 23rd. Curlew oft...

Sunday, 25 January 2015

JACK IN THE MARSH

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There was a flock of about 500 brent geese in the park's grazing fields on a chilly morning on Sunday 25th. In amongst the dark-belli...

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

PYEFLEET WALK

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Glyn Evans walked the north side of the Pyefleet from the Strood to the country park on Monday 19th, taking this selection of photos along...

STARING SEAL

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"Look into my eyes!" This common seal was resting on the saltmarsh at Maydays farm on a sunny morning on Monday 19th. It w...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

STALKING THE SHALLOWS

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A couple of little egrets were feeding in the park's grazing fields on a bright but chilly Wednesday 14th. This one was stalking one...

Thursday, 8 January 2015

HEADS-UP

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This common seal was coming up for several breathers in the river Colne beside the East Mersea Point on Thursday 8th. At one point it sw...

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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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