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, 31 January 2019

FOGGY MORN

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Fog descended mid morning on West Mersea, reducing visibility to about 40 metres in places such as this scene along from the Dabchicks sai...

Sunday, 27 January 2019

HALF-HIDDEN HARE

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This brown hare was keeping its big eye on the passing traffic on the nearby Chapmans Lane on Sunday 27th. The hare was half-hidden in th...

Monday, 21 January 2019

STOAT SHOW

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A stoat put in another brief appearance at the park pond on Sunday 20th, hanging around long enough for Andy Field to take this photograph...

Monday, 14 January 2019

GRAZING GEESE

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A flock of 600+ brent geese were feeding in the park's grazing field near the Golfhouse, on Sunday 13th. There was no sign of the pal...

Friday, 4 January 2019

WHITE-FRONTS DROP IN

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Three white-fronted geese were found grazing with the other wildfowl in the park's grazing fields on Thursday 3rd. Andy Field took ...

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

SHORELARK RETURNS

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A Happy New Year to followers of Mersea Wildlife. After a day away, the shorelark was back on the Point at East Mersea feeding in the ...

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 ...

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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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