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 -

Saturday, 25 November 2017

BROMANS LANE BRENT GEESE

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Up to 500 brent geese have been tucking into the winter wheat crop next to Bromans Lane these last few days. At least three young are a...

Monday, 20 November 2017

RESTING REDSHANK

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This redshank rested briefly on a lump of mud as the tide came in along the Strood channel on a sunny Friday 17th. Other birds noted du...

Thursday, 16 November 2017

WHISTLING WIGEON

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Up to 400 wigeon have been feeding in the fields at the country park during recent days. As the fields are so dry, the nearest bit of wa...

Friday, 10 November 2017

PARK PIPITS

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Half a dozen meadow pipits were on the park beach on Friday 10th with another five in the long grass on the main part of the park. Two r...

Thursday, 2 November 2017

BRAMBLING PAIR ON THE BERRIES

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A pair of bramblings was present for the second day at the country park on Thursday 2nd, feeding on rowan berries in the car park. Here ...

Tuesday, 31 October 2017

WIGEON SETTLING IN

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Up to 100 wigeon have settled into the country park in recent weeks, present either on the saltmarsh, the grazing fields, the nearby dyk...

Thursday, 26 October 2017

REGULAR RED

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The regular female red squirrel spent half an hour at the Firs Chase garden feeder on Sunday 22nd. It spent five minutes staring into ...

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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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