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 -

Monday, 21 November 2016

SQUIRREL IN THE DRIZZLE

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The red squirrel was back at the feeder in the Firs Chase garden around mid-day on a drizzly Monday 21st. It spent about ten minutes feed...

Sunday, 20 November 2016

STROOD GLOSSY IBIS

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The four Eurasian white-fronted geese were still in the grazing fields at Cudmore Grove on Friday 18th. These geese photos were taken by...

Thursday, 17 November 2016

WARY WATER RAIL

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The water rail emerged from the thick cover of the reedmace at the side of the park pond, on Wednesday 16th. It walked along the recentl...

Monday, 14 November 2016

WAXWINGS REAPPEAR

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The small flock of seven waxwings were still at the country park on Monday 14th, showing on and off for the first half of the morning in...

Sunday, 13 November 2016

WAXWINGS GRACE CAR PARK

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A group of eight waxwings dropped into the country park in the afternoon on Sunday 13th. First seen by Charlie Williams who watched them...

Friday, 11 November 2016

SCAUP STOP-OFF

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An unusual sight of two female / imm scaup close to the East Mersea Point on Thursday 10th. They were almost overlooked as there were s...

Monday, 7 November 2016

LAPLANDS BY STROOD

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Wrapped up warm and headed out along the Strood seawall on a sunny Monday 7th but with a strong cold wind blowing from the north-east. Af...

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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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