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, 5 April 2018

PERFORMING PEEWITS

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At least four pairs of lapwings are nesting on the grazing fields at the country park, with the females sitting tight while the males per...

Wednesday, 4 April 2018

PAIR OF PINTAIL

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Recent rains have provided great conditions for ducks on the park's grazing fields with the highlight on a soggy Monday 2nd being a pa...

Sunday, 1 April 2018

SISKIN SIGHTING

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An unexpected sight of five siskins which turned up to feed in the garden of Martin Cock's West Mersea garden on Tuesday 27th - the...

Monday, 26 March 2018

SIGNS OF SPRING

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A sign of spring in the Firs Chase garden on a sunny Monday 26th was this colourful peacock butterfly fluttering around the flowering ch...

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

INFLUX OF BLACK REDS

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A smart adult male black redstart was found at Coopers Beach caravan park on Saturday 17th by Michael Thorley who took these two photos o...

Saturday, 17 March 2018

STALKING HERON

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The park's grazing fields have become much wetter recently, providing more marshy conditions for more birds such as this grey heron ...

Sunday, 11 March 2018

STROOD BRANTS

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There were masses of dark-bellied brent geese all along the Strood Channel on Sunday 11th. At least 3000 birds were noted, most in the ...

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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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