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 -

Tuesday, 18 August 2015

OSPREY OVER STROOD

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An osprey had a leisurely fly up and down the Strood Channel for about an hour late morning on Monday 17th. It passed over the Strood cau...

Monday, 17 August 2015

WHINCHAT AND WHEATEAR

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The first whinchat to stop off on the Island this autumn was along the Strood seawall on Saturday 15th. The bird perched up on nearby bu...

Saturday, 15 August 2015

MIGRANT MOTHING

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Welcomed one of the country's most travelled moth enthusiasts Dave Grundy from Birmingham to Cudmore Grove on Thursday 13th, for his 7...

Monday, 10 August 2015

HUMMER-DINGERS

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A couple of hummingbird hawkmoths were feeding on the two buddleia bushes beside the buildings at the country park on Friday 7th. It'...

Thursday, 6 August 2015

SUNSET RUSSET

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The black-tailed godwit roost in the park's grazing fields was nearly 150 birds, along with 200+ redshank in the early evening on Th...

Monday, 3 August 2015

BLUES IN THE NEWS

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Pleased to see a common blue butterfly on the field edge of the Firs Chase caravan site, West Mersea on a sunny Friday 31st. The butterfl...

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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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