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, 15 April 2016

HUNGRY HERON

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A grey heron paid a visit to the country park pond late afternoon on Tuesday 12th. It stalked round the edge of the pond in search of fo...

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

PYEFLEET WALK

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Another smart male wheatear was found on the Island on Monday 11th on the Reeveshall seawall by Glyn Evans and Andy Field during their w...

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

GARDEN SLOW-WORMS

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Discovered three slow-worms resting under the plastic cover on our garden compost heap in Firs Chase on Monday 11th. They soon slid away...

Monday, 11 April 2016

SQUIRREL SHOW

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A red squirrel visited our garden feeder in Firs Chase early on Sunday 10th and gave my wife Nolly and I great views for about twenty mi...

Sunday, 10 April 2016

TWO BLACK REDS

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Two black redstarts were found on the Island on Sunday 10th with the first one, pictured above, discovered by the beach huts at West M...

Saturday, 9 April 2016

SUNNY ALONG STROOD

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Had a couple of walks along the Strood seawall during Friday 8th with the morning being sunny with little wind. The incoming tide was pus...

Friday, 8 April 2016

HEART-SHAPED AFFECTION

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The pair of swans on the pond at the country park were showing their affection for each other with their necks showing the shape of a he...

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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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