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, 28 August 2018

BACKYARD BAMBI

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A surprise visitor to our Firs Chase garden on a very wet and blustery afternoon on Sunday 26th was this female muntjac deer . My wife Nol...

Sunday, 26 August 2018

REWSALLS RINGED PLOVERS

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Four ringed plovers were waiting on the side of the seawall along from the East Mersea Youth Camp on Saturday 25th. A common sandpiper ...

Saturday, 25 August 2018

GARDEN VISITOR SPOTTED

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A spotted flycatcher turned up unexpectedly at the bird table in the garden of Michael and Sarah Thorley near Meeting Lane on Wednesday 2...

Wednesday, 22 August 2018

PECKED PAINTED LADY

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There was the colourful sight of a painted lady butterfly on buddleia next to the café at the country park on Wednesday 16th. Looks like...

Saturday, 18 August 2018

PARK WILDLIFE

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A variety of wildlife was seen by Andy Field at the country park during his visit there on Wednesday 15th. This Mediterranean gull was o...

Wednesday, 15 August 2018

STROOD AT LOW TIDE

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A variety of waders was along the Strood Channel at low tide on Monday 13th with these golden plover pictured above on the opposite side...

Saturday, 11 August 2018

STROOD WHEATEAR

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The first returning wheatear of the autumn was seen along the Strood seawall on Saturday 11th, pictured here as it perched briefly on one...

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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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