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 -

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

CONFIDING WHEATEAR

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The beach in front of the park beach was the warmest place for this male wheatear to be, sheltered from the northerly wind by the cliff...

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

SEPTEMBER SHOWER

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Having been away for a couple of weeks, Mersea has stayed very dry, although these wigeon at the park pond must have enjoyed this rare S...

Thursday, 8 September 2016

CLOUDED YELLOW

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A clouded yellow was resting beside the shrubby seablite bushes at the East Mersea Point on a dull start to Tuesday 6th. On the wing at ...

Monday, 5 September 2016

PARK SQUIRRELS

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Two different red squirrels have been seen recently at the country park for the first time. This one pictured was crossing behind the pa...

Thursday, 1 September 2016

EGRETS GATHERING

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Little egrets seem to be everywhere at the moment with this one pictured feeding in the shallows as the tide came in beside the East Mer...

Monday, 29 August 2016

PASSAGE WHINCHATS

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Four whinchats were perched on bushes beside the Maydays farm borrow-dyke in the shimmering heat of Monday 29th. There was plenty of sun...

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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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