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 -

Thursday, 3 November 2016

PINTAIL VISITOR

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A female pintail was a rare visitor to the park pond on Monday 31st. They never stay around very long and this bird was only present in ...
Monday, 31 October 2016

LAST OF THE SUMMER-TIME

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A few butterflies were making the most of the last of British summer time with this small copper enjoying the sunshine at the country pa...
Friday, 28 October 2016

EGRET WITH CATTLE

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The four Eurasian white-fronted geese were still in the country park's grazing fields on Friday 28th, the two adults are pictured ab...
Thursday, 27 October 2016

STROOD RINGTAIL

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A nice surprise on the fields by the Strood on Saturday 22nd was this ringtail hen harrier perched on a bush along one of the ditches....
Friday, 21 October 2016

WHITE-FRONTS GET-TOGETHER

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 A family of three white-fronted geese turned up in the park's grazing fields on Friday 21st to join up with the juvenile that has be...
Wednesday, 19 October 2016

WANDERING WHITEFRONT

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A juvenile white-fronted goose was found at the park on Tuesday 18th, feeding in the fields with greylag geese . It seems this same goos...
Sunday, 16 October 2016

PINTAIL ON POND

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The first stonechat at the park this autumn was seen over the weekend, first being seen on Saturday 15th in the grazing fields, and stil...
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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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