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 -

Saturday, 9 July 2016

CONFIDING CUCKOO

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An obliging cuckoo has been seen on the East Mersea Point saltmarsh for a couple of days running. On Friday afternoon it flew over the ...

Friday, 8 July 2016

TREECREEPER TREAT

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There was a little bit of excitement when a treecreeper was discovered by Andy Field in Fishponds wood in Shop Lane on Wednesday 6th....

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

SAD NEWS FOR TERN PAIR

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Andy Field was keeping a watch over the park wildlife over the last couple of weeks whilst I went away for some proper sunshine. He suppl...

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

SOME LOCAL BIRDS

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A bright male yellow wagtail perched up nicely along the footpath in East Mersea between Shop Lane and Meeting lane on Wed 8th, photogra...

Monday, 13 June 2016

TERNING UP TO BREED

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Great news on the Island's breeding bird front with a pair of common terns now nesting on Mersea for the first time for many decad...

Sunday, 12 June 2016

TIGERS IN THE TRAP

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Several moth enthusiasts joined in a mothing evening at the country park on Friday 9th as part of National Moth Night - the annual celebr...

Saturday, 11 June 2016

WHITE SWALLOW

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This very pale swallow was seen near the Dabchicks Sailing Club on Saturday 4th by Mark, and Molly Dixon who took these photos. The crea...

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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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