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, 1 December 2015

INQUISITIVE WEASEL

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An inquisitive weasel was seen running across the main car park at Cudmore Grove on Monday 30th. It disappeared into the vegetation u...

Saturday, 28 November 2015

CHILLY BUT SUNNY START

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It was a chilly but sunny start to Saturday 28th with the sun rising here over the horizon just before 8am, looking south-east from the co...

Monday, 23 November 2015

OFFSHORE AUK

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The cold blast of Arctic air over the weekend brought a few little auks down the North Sea. The nearest that one got to Mersea was t...

Sunday, 22 November 2015

BIT BLOWY

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It was a bit blowy on Saturday 21st and this Mediterranean gull was keeping a low profile whilst facing into the wind as it stood ...

Friday, 20 November 2015

PALE-BELLIED IN WITH DARK-BELLIED

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The pale-bellied brent goose was still with the main brent goose flock in the country park grazing fields. Pictured here in the centre f...

Sunday, 15 November 2015

FACE TO FACE

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Very pleased to finally catch up with a red squirrel at the country park around mid-day on Sunday 15th. Other people have reported half a...

Saturday, 14 November 2015

BLACK-WITS AND BRENT

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Black-tailed godwits have been feeding in various parts of the grazing fields at the country park in recent days. As the fields get wet...

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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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