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 -

Sunday, 29 May 2016

ROADSIDE OWL

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This little owl was watching the early morning traffic on Saturday 28th at the Waldegraves end of Chapmans Lane. It perched up long enou...

Friday, 27 May 2016

CUDMORE CYGNETS

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Seven swan cygnets were seen feeding for the first time in the park dyke with their parents watching over them on Tuesday 24th. The fema...

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

MAYDAYS MARTINS

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The house martins were busy gathering mud in the Maydays farmyard on Monday 23rd. Around 25 birds were flying around, dropping down ont...

Monday, 23 May 2016

SHORT-EARED IN THE SUNSHINE

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It was a pleasant surprise to see this short-eared owl flying over the sunny Rewsalls marshes late morning on Sunday 22nd. After disappe...

Sunday, 22 May 2016

SQUIRREL ANTICS

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One of the red squirrels put on a show in Stephen and Josie Marshall's garden in Firs Chase on Friday 20th. The red squirrel here l...

Thursday, 19 May 2016

MAY MOTHS

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The moth trap has been operating on a handful of nights at the country park during the middle part of May. Catches have been low with t...

Monday, 16 May 2016

MISTLE THRUSHES

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Two pairs of mistle thrushes were at the country park on Saturday 14th, this one pictured above, feeding in the car park. A second pair ...

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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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