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 -

Friday, 5 April 2019

HAWK VISIT

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A male sparrowhawk was seen standing on a blackbird in the Firs Chase garden on Monday 1st. There was a lot of commotion from other bir...

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

SQUIRREL ACTION

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There have been daily visits to the Firs Chase garden by the regular male red squirrel , pictured here on Saturday 30th. The male red...

Saturday, 30 March 2019

GARDEN BLACKCAPS

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The male blackcap was singing in the Firs Chase garden on Saturday 30th for the third day running. There has always been a pair of blackc...

Monday, 25 March 2019

PYEFLEET GOOSANDER

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An unexpected visitor to the Pyefleet channel on the north side of the Island on Sunday 24th was this striking male goosander , photograp...

Thursday, 21 March 2019

CUDMORE CHIFFCHAFFS

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A common buzzard was surveying the country park's grazing fields from a bush along the central ditch on Thursday 21st. After a while...

Sunday, 17 March 2019

EARLY SPRING MIGRANT

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A very early male wheatear was found on the Rewsalls seawall on Sunday 17th. A quick glance at some previous records of first wheatears ...

Sunday, 10 March 2019

MAYDAYS IN THE WIND

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Strong winds blew across the Island on Sunday 10th and this flock of 200 brent geese kept heads down whilst feeding on the winter wheat o...

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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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