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 -

Sunday, 5 May 2019

REWSALLS MARSHES

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A pair of shelduck was in the dyke near Rewsalls marshes on a sunny Thursday 2nd. On the nearby marshes were 3 whimbrel , 12 mallard, whe...

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

STROOD SEAL

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On Monday 29th a common seal was seen in the Strood Channel for the second day running. It was seen resting on the edge of the Ray Island...

Monday, 29 April 2019

LOTS OF SQUIRREL ACTIVITY

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Lots of red squirrel activity in the Firs Chase garden on Saturday 27th with six different individuals visiting the feeders at various t...

Wednesday, 24 April 2019

WHISTLING WHIMBREL

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Ten whimbrel were seen along the Strood channel and heard whistling their distinctive call during a morning walk along the seawall on Tue...

Friday, 19 April 2019

YELLOW WAGS BACK

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A newly returned yellow wagtail was calling from wires above fields to the east of the East Mersea vineyard on Friday 19th. It then droppe...

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

BUZZARDS IN THE AIR

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The local common buzzards were flying over the East Mersea fields between Shop Lane and Meeting Lane, with five seen in the air on Monday...

Thursday, 11 April 2019

YELLOWHAMMER DROPS-IN

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A brightly marked male yellowhammer dropped down into the field beside the Firs Chase caravan site for a brief minute before flying away,...

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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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