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 -

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

GREEN WOODS

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Three green woodpeckers and a fieldfare were feeding in a horse paddock near the east end of the East Mersea road on Monday 29th. A pair...

Friday, 26 January 2018

BRANT WITH THE BRENT

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The brent geese have been feeding in recent days on the winter wheat field beside the country park with up to 700 birds seen. T...

Friday, 19 January 2018

SLEEPY FOX

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A fox enjoyed snoozing near the country park pond in the winter sunshine on Friday 19th. Nestled beside a hedgerow, it was sheltered fro...

Sunday, 14 January 2018

WINTER SUNSHINE WALK

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The sun broke through on Sunday 14th to make for a very pleasant day with no wind. I joined lots of people out enjoying the winter sunshi...

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

CHILLY WIND OVER THE COLNE

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A cold north-easterly wind blew across the country park for the visit of members of the local Colchester RSPB group on Sunday 7th. It w...

Thursday, 4 January 2018

RUFF START TO NEW YEAR

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The New Year started dull and damp on Monday 1st with conditions not really brightening up during the day. The first walk of 2018 was alo...

Sunday, 31 December 2017

BLUSTERY STROOD WALKS

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It's been a blustery end to the year with grey skies, breezy and wet at times. Walked the Strood seawall a couple of times over the w...

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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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