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, 29 May 2015

SWIFTS OVER THE SEAWALL

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After periods of rain in the afternoon of Friday 29th, the day ended with sunshine and clear skies. A late evening walk along the seawall ...

Monday, 25 May 2015

CUTE KIT

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Quite a surprise to stumble upon this tiny, recently born weasel kitten, whilst I walked along the Strood seawall on Monday 25th. The fai...

SUMMER -GEESE

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There seemed a good number of summer-geese feeding on the Reeveshall fields on Saturday 23rd with 66 greylags , one pictured above, along ...

Saturday, 23 May 2015

POOCH IN THE PINK

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Cheeky chappy Ben enjoyed taking a breather beside this colourful patch of sea pink plants on the saltmarsh along the Strood seawall on F...

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

SWALLOW SWOOPS IN

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The swallows at the country park are trying to find somewhere to nest and this male swooped into my house through the front door, then fl...

Sunday, 17 May 2015

FOX ON PROWL

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There was the sight of a fox on the prowl on the grazing fields at the country park during the middle of the morning of Sunday 17th. This...

Monday, 11 May 2015

LONE ORCHIDS

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Had an evening stroll around the Willoughby car park in West Mersea on Monday 11th and was pleasantly surprised to find this small clump o...

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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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