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 -

Thursday, 31 October 2019

BARNACLES WITH BRENT

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Two barnacle geese were found by Andy Field in the country park grazing fields feeding with the 600 brent geese . The dull upperparts and ...

Monday, 28 October 2019

SNOW BUNTING ON BEACH

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The first snow bunting of the winter dropped briefly onto the East Mersea beach near the Point on Sunday 27th. It was found and photograp...

Thursday, 24 October 2019

BRIEF BLACK RED VISIT

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A black redstart was watched on Wednesday 23rd feeding around the old jetty in front of the Firs Chase caravan site. It seemed to like per...

Friday, 18 October 2019

ANOTHER RING OUZEL DROPS IN

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A wheatear was on the Strood seawall on Thursday 17th and still there on Friday 18th. The male ring ouzel was also still present in the...

Sunday, 13 October 2019

SPOONBILLS STOP OFF TO FEED

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A pair of spoonbills was discovered feeding on the saltmarsh pools near the East Mersea Golfhouse mid afternoon on Sunday 13th, Andy Fi...

Saturday, 12 October 2019

ELUSIVE RING OUZEL

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A male ring ouzel eventually showed itself well after staying hidden and elusive in the Firs Road and Feldy View cemeteries during a drizz...

Thursday, 10 October 2019

EAST MERSEA EXOTIC

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An exotic white-cheeked pintail was still at the country park borrowdyke on Thursday 11th. This is the third day at least one has been pr...

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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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