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, 7 October 2019

COOPERS STONECHATS

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Three stonechats were very confiding at times near the Coopers Beach seawall on Saturday 5th. These birds could be the same ones that hav...

Saturday, 5 October 2019

MERSEA HUMMER

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A hummingbird hawkmoth was photographed by Andy Field as it visited his garden in High Street North on Friday 4th. A short video clip...

Thursday, 3 October 2019

ROADSIDE OSPREY

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An osprey perched on a telegraph post beside the East Mersea road near Bocking Hall on Wednesday 11th. It was found by Martin Cock and lu...

Sunday, 8 September 2019

GARDEN PIED FLY

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Very surprised and very pleased to stumble across this pied flycatcher in my Firs Chase back garden, only about 7 metres from me in the b...

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

WHEATEARS ON FENCELINE

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Five wheatears , one pictured above, along with a whinchat were perched on a fence near the Shop Lane seawall on Tuesday 3rd. A high...

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...

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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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