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, 27 February 2017

SPLASH OF COLOUR

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The male kingfisher spent several minutes perched on this plastic culvert pipe in the dyke along the Strood seawall on Monday 27th, addin...

Saturday, 25 February 2017

HUNKERED DOWN IN THE WIND

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Birds were keeping low to the ground during the strong winds at the country park on Thursday 23rd. A group of 25 shelduck gathered in t...

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

ENJOYING THE WARMTH

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The first adders seen at the country park this year was by Andrew Neal when he visited the park on Monday 20th. Here one of his photograp...

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

SIGNS OF SPRING

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The short burst of warmer weather on Monday 20th brought the first adders out of hibernation at the country park. This one was one of fo...

Monday, 20 February 2017

TUFTED DUCKS ALONG DYKE

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A group of ten tufted duck have been at the park for the last month or so with this male above, one of four ducks seen along the dyke on...

Saturday, 18 February 2017

STONECHAT ON SALTMARSH

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The pair of stonechat was feeding on the saltmarsh near the East Mersea Point on Wednesday 15th. This male perched up alongside the cree...

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

ROADSIDE COVEY

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A covey of six red-legged partridge was watched from the car as they fed beside Bromans Lane, East Mersea on Monday 13th. At the count...

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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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