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, 14 August 2016

GLOSSY IBIS ON NEARBY RANGES

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Just to the north of the Island, this glossy ibis was found on the Langenhoe ranges on Wednesday 10th by Richard Hull and Andy Field, wh...

Friday, 12 August 2016

COLNE OSPREY

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The osprey that has spent the last few days in the Colne Estuary was photographed by Andrew Neal on Monday 8th. It's favourite perc...

Sunday, 7 August 2016

LATE NESTING PLOVER

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A ringed plover was found nesting on the beach near the Point on Friday 5th. It was spotted sitting near the seawall corner and has chos...

Saturday, 6 August 2016

PAINTED LADIES

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Two fresh painted ladies were seen along the Maydays seawall on Monday 1st. One of them paused long enough on a bristly ox-tongue flower...

Friday, 5 August 2016

WADER ROOST

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The wader roost on the main pool in the park's grazing fields on Sunday 31st comprised 150 redshank , 12 black-tailed godwits and ...

Monday, 1 August 2016

PASSAGE PLOVER

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Two little ringed plovers were found by Martin Cock on the pool just inside the Reeveshall seawall on Wednesday 27th. One of the birds...

Thursday, 28 July 2016

SUMMER MOTHS

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Fourteen moth enthusiasts gathered at the country park for the annual summer mothing night. The get together was a joint Essex Moth Group...

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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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