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 -

Sunday, 29 April 2018

WHINCHATS AND WHEATEARS

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Two whinchats were found in one of the park's grazing fields on Sunday 29th. They rarely stop over here in the spring, their usual st...

Friday, 27 April 2018

WEEKEND GARDEN WILDLIFE

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There was a nice mix of wildlife enjoying the mini-heatwave in the Firs Chase garden on Mersea over the weekend of April 21st and 22nd. Th...

Thursday, 26 April 2018

LONE AVOCET

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An avocet was along the Strood channel on Friday 20th and still present on Sunday 21st. At high tide it was seen roosting in the nearby...

Saturday, 21 April 2018

GREENFINCH AT THE GROVE

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A male greenfinch was singing from the top of a bush near the car park at Cudmore Grove on a sunny Thursday 19th. Also in this same hedge...

Sunday, 15 April 2018

CUDMORE CROSSBILL

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Excitement at Cudmore Grove when a colourful male crossbill appeared in the car park late afternoon on Sunday 15th. It didn't seem ...

Saturday, 14 April 2018

PROSPECTING SHELDUCK

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Small groups of shelduck have been checking out rabbit burrows in the fields for nesting, such as this pair near the park pond. Ei...

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

RING OUZEL AT COOPERS

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A male ring ouzel was found at Coopers Beach on Sunday 8th by Michael Thorley who managed to grab a picture of it before it flew nort...

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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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