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, 31 December 2018

SEAWALL WALKS

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Three stonechats were seen near the Maydays seawall along the Pyefleet on a dull Sunday 30th. There were two male birds and this female ...

Tuesday, 25 December 2018

FROSTY XMAS MORN

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Happy Xmas - A sharp frost greeted early visitors to the country park on Xmas Day morning. There was a colourful sunrise seen through the...

Monday, 24 December 2018

SHORELARK STILL ALONG SHORELINE

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The shorelark was still feeding on the beach at the East Mersea Point on Monday 24th. The bird was seen the previous day on Sunday during...

Friday, 21 December 2018

SHORELARK STILL SHOWING

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The shorelark has been seen each day during this last week at East Mersea Point, now into its tenth day on Friday 21st. This picture abov...

Friday, 14 December 2018

SHORELARK AT POINT

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A shorelark made an unexpected appearance on the beach at East Mersea Point on Wednesday 12th allowing Andy Field to take these three ph...

Sunday, 9 December 2018

BRENT FLOCK BUILDING UP

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The flock of brent geese at the park has been building up recently with 700+ feeding in the park's grazing fields on Sunday 9th along...

Sunday, 2 December 2018

KEEN-EYED KESTREL

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A male kestrel perched obligingly in a tree beside the Firs Chase caravan site at West Mersea on Sunday 2nd. The kestrel didn...

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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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