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, 10 July 2015

GODWITS GATHERING

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Like the black-tailed godwits here, I too have just returned from a short summer break to foreign lands. There's the annual colourf...

Sunday, 21 June 2015

NO CHEESE IN THE BREEZE

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The lazy song of the yellowhammer - "little bit of bread and no cheese" was heard from a few bush tops at Maydays farm on a ...

Thursday, 18 June 2015

RESCUED REDSHANK

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Whilst checking the saltmarsh lagoons near the East Mersea Point on Thursday 18th, this redshank chick, probably about three weeks o...

Saturday, 13 June 2015

SKYLARK ON SHOW

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Most skylarks seem to spend most of their time as little dots high in the sky, however this one provided a good close view when it perche...

Sunday, 7 June 2015

CYGNET SURPRISE

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There was a pleasant surprise on Sunday morning when it was realised that two swan families had bred at the park this spring. This very y...

Saturday, 6 June 2015

MERSEA MEADOWS

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Visited the West Mersea garden of Dave Chadwick on Saturday 6th to look at the wild orchids in his back garden. The 56 common spotted orch...

Friday, 5 June 2015

ROADSIDE JANGLER

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This corn bunting was perched in its usual spot on the wires alongside Chapmans Lane near West Mersea in the early evening of Thursday 4th...

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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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