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, 29 November 2018

BRIEF VISIT BY BRAMBLING

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A brambling made a brief appearance in the car park of the country park on Wednesday 28th. It was first spotted splashing about in a pu...

Thursday, 22 November 2018

CONFIDING SNOW BUNTING

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A very confiding snow bunting was found on the beach at East Mersea Point on Monday 19th by Simon Patient. The bird blends in very well t...

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

STROOD BRENT

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There have been more brent geese along the Strood Channel in recent days with 100 of the geese feeding in the nearby fields on Friday 16t...

Thursday, 15 November 2018

MUNTJAC IN MEADOWS

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A muntjac deer wandered along the back of the park's grazing meadows on a sunny mid-morning on Wednesday 14th. After a few minutes br...

Saturday, 10 November 2018

PARK BUZZARD

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A common buzzard perched briefly on the kestrel's oak tree at the back of the park's grazing fields on Saturday 10th. It has beco...

Thursday, 8 November 2018

WALDEGRAVES WOODPECKERS

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Two green woodpeckers were feeding in a field beside Waldegraves caravan park on Monday 5th. A flock of fifty goldfinches were also...

Saturday, 3 November 2018

STROOD STONECHAT

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A stonechat was seen perched on a bush beside the Strood seawall on a sunny Friday 2nd. A kingfisher flew along the borrowdyke calling w...

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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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