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 January 2016

THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER

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The first toads are already out and about, first seen by my wife Nolly - which means the toads must think the "winter" is over...

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

BIRDS ALONG PYEFLEET

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There was good variety of birds seen along the north side of the Island on a sunny Monday 25th by Glyn Evans and Andy Field during their m...

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

SUNRISE OVER MUDFLATS

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It was a sunny start to Monday 25th with the sun seen rising over the mudflats in front of the country park. As it began to get light, t...

Friday, 22 January 2016

EIDER OFFSHORE

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A male eider was watched offshore from the West Mersea Esplanade on Tuesday 19th by Martin Cock and Andy Field. It was also seen again o...

Monday, 18 January 2016

SHOWY STONECHAT

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The colourful male stonechat showed well again along the Strood seawall on Monday 18th. The stonechat has covered the full length o...

Sunday, 17 January 2016

BESOM SHAG

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Pleased to see this shag close-by swimming along Besom Creek next to St Peters at West Mersea on Sunday 17th. The crest on the head show...

Saturday, 16 January 2016

FLEETING KINGFISHER

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Enlarged picture of a distant kingfisher taken at the back of the country park pond on Wednesday 13th. The bird flew into the bushes ove...

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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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