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, 30 July 2018

STROOD SHOWERS

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Managed to time my morning walk along the Strood seawall on Monday 30th with a spell of rain that left me very soaked. The incoming tide b...

Saturday, 28 July 2018

PARTRIDGE IN PEA FIELD

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A grey partridge was feeding in the recently cut pea field alongside Chapmans Lane on Friday 20th and Sunday 22nd. Two Sandwich terns...

Monday, 23 July 2018

JULY MOTH MEDLEY

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The warm weather has been good for moths with a nice variety being found in the moth trap during July at the country park. One of the stri...

Monday, 16 July 2018

SINGING BUNTINGS

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A corn bunting used the kissing gate on the Reeveshall seawall as a song-post on Saturday 14th. One of only a handful of pairs left on th...

Friday, 13 July 2018

DIVING DUCKLINGS

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There were still four broods of diving ducklings along the borrowdyke at the country park on Sunday 8th. This tufted duck had six ducklin...

Friday, 6 July 2018

WOODPECKER FAMILY

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The green woodpeckers have bred at the country park this year and the family are often seen around the site. One of the streaky youngster...

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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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