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 October 2018

CHILLY BREEZE

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A lapwing was feeding near the East Mersea Golfhouse on a chilly autumnal Monday 29th with 20 more seen flying off the nearby saltmarsh....

Monday, 22 October 2018

SUUNY ALONG STROOD

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The tide was already covering the Strood channel on Monday 22nd during a walk along the seawall on a sunny morning but with a chill in the...

Saturday, 20 October 2018

MERLIN OVER MARSHES

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A very obliging merlin was watched for over half an hour hunting over the Rewsalls Marshes at East Mersea on a sunny Saturday 20th. Most...

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

LITTLE OWL AT PARK BOX

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A little owl perched at the entrance to the large nestbox on the tree beside the park pond on Tuesday 9th. The owl was enjoying basking i...

Friday, 12 October 2018

AUTUMN MOTHS

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Chris Williams from Staffordshire joined me for a mothing session at the country park on Friday 5th as the weather forecast had promised ...

Monday, 8 October 2018

BRENT BACK

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The first flocks of brent geese have been seen in the last few days at both East Mersea and along the Strood at West Mersea, where a han...

Thursday, 4 October 2018

STROOD GODWITS

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A hundred black-tailed godwits were feeding on the mud along the Strood Channel on Monday 1st. A flock of 400 golden plover and a greensh...

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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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