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, 30 January 2020

PINTAIL ON POND

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A smart male pintail was an unusual visitor to the country park pond on Thursday 30th. It appeared to be paired up with a female mallard ...

Saturday, 25 January 2020

GRAZING FIELD GODWITS

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A group of some black-tailed godwits digiscoped on the country park grazing fields on a dull Friday 24th, seen during a walk around the s...

Friday, 17 January 2020

FLASHES OF BLUE

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Clouds soon appeared late morning along the Strood seawall on Friday 17th after a bright start. Two flashes of brightness seen during the...

Monday, 13 January 2020

PEREGRINE IN PEAR TREE

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It was bright and breezy along the Strood seawall on Monday 13th, with this redshank standing on seaweed covered posts as the tide came ...

Wednesday, 8 January 2020

WHITE-FRONTED GEESE FLOCK

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A flock of 200+ brent geese was feeding in the grazing fields of the country park on Tuesday 7th. Of more interest were ten white-fronted...

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

ISLAND CIRCUIT

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Wishing folks a Happy New Year. The new year kicked off on Mersea with thick mist / fog which lasted for the first couple of hours of Wed...

Tuesday, 31 December 2019

YEAR END

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The pale-bellied brent goose , pictured on the right, was feeding close to the Dabchicks sailing club at West Mersea on Tuesday 31st. Nea...

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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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