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, 30 August 2019

WHINCHATS AND WHEATEAR

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It was nice to see the six whinchats still beside the Strood seawall for their second day on Thursday 29th. Presumably this group are all...

Sunday, 25 August 2019

FLYCATCHER FLOCK

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The regular dog-walk down the side of the Firs Chase caravan site on Saturday 24th proved worthwhile with two pied flycatchers one pict...

Saturday, 24 August 2019

OVERHEAD KESTREL

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This kestrel was seen taking off from a tree-top beside the footpath between Meeting Lane and Shop Lane in East Mersea on Friday 23rd, al...

Wednesday, 21 August 2019

WOOD WARBLER STOPS OFF

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A brightly marked wood warbler was discovered feeding in trees beside Cross Lane, West Mersea on Tuesday 20th. It was keeping company w...

Tuesday, 13 August 2019

WILLOW WARBLER FLOCK

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An impressive flock of at least eight willow warblers took up residence in the Firs Chase garden on Tuesday 13th. They seemed to...

FELDY VIEW FLYCATCHER

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A spotted flycatcher perched on a bush beside the footpath down the side of the Firs Chase caravan site on Tuesday 13th. For a couple of ...

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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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