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 -

Sunday, 10 May 2015

SINGING IN THE SUNSHINE

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Walked along the Strood seawall a couple of times in recent days, where one of the birds on show on Friday 8th was this common whitethroat...

Thursday, 7 May 2015

ANXIOUS AVOCETS

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A pair of avocets was on the pools in the park's grazing fields on Thursday 7th and when a third bird dropped in, a lot of squabbling...

Saturday, 2 May 2015

PROUD PEEWITS

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One pair of lapwings became proud parents to three chicks born on Wednesday 29th at the country park's grazing fields. The female ha...

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

REWSALLS RING OUZEL

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The oil-seed rape crop is at its peak at the moment, here bright yellow flowers in the morning sunshine looking towards Rewsalls Farm on...

Friday, 24 April 2015

SINGING SEDGE

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Two sedge warblers were in full song along the Strood seawall, this one pictured here showing particularly well, during the morning of Fr...

SWANS NEST-BUILDING

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After a few false alarms earlier in the month thinking the mute swans were nesting, it now appears the pair on the park pond have finally...

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

REEVESHALL REFUEL

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This fine looking male wheatear had stopped off at Reeveshall to feed-up during its passage to northern breeding grounds, here 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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