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, 8 July 2019

DUCKLINGS ALONG DYKE

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A mallard was being ultra cautious with her brood of seven very young ducklings as they swam along the dyke near Coopers Beach on Sunday...

Friday, 5 July 2019

PLOVERS AT POINT

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Two ringed plovers were on the beach by the muddy bay behind the East Mersea Point on Tuesday 2nd. There was no sign of any chicks or int...

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

SCARLET TIGER VISITOR

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This striking scarlet tiger moth was discovered lying beside the moth trap in the Firs Chase garden on Sunday 30th. When it flicked its w...

Sunday, 30 June 2019

PAINTED LADY INFLUX

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A tatty painted lady was seen on Friday 28th in the West Mersea Feldy cemetery. Three painted ladies were seen at various locations nea...

Saturday, 29 June 2019

NESTING SWIFTS

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While I've been away for a break, Andy Field has taken a variety of photos in my absence. A pair of swifts have taken up residence i...

Tuesday, 4 June 2019

STROOD YELLOW WAGS

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The regular male yellow wagtail was singing beside the Strood seawall on Tuesday 4th. There appeared to be three different pairs at variou...

Sunday, 2 June 2019

MOTH MEDLEY

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The moth trap was worth switching on in the Firs Chase garden during the last ten days of May with the warmer night temperatures. After th...

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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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