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 -

Sunday, 1 March 2020

GREAT WHITE

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The great white egret was back again by the Maydays saltmarsh on Saturday 29th. It was seen stalking across the grass field for several m...

Friday, 28 February 2020

GEESE AND GODWITS

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A flock of 500 brent geese was feeding on a very wet field north of Shop Lane, on a rainy and windy Friday 28th. Also in the same field w...

Saturday, 22 February 2020

BOATING LAKE BRANT

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There was plenty of water on the old Rewsalls marshes on Friday 21st, in both the new boating lake as well as in the new lagoon and adj...

Thursday, 13 February 2020

GARDEN HAWK

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This young male sparrowhawk stopped off in Andy Field's back garden in High St North on Thursday 13th. It looks like it left...

Monday, 10 February 2020

STROOD SURGE TIDE

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The forecasted surge tide combining with the high spring tide and the strong wind, whipped the sea up to the height of the Strood seawall ...

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

CLOSER VIEWS OF WHITE-FRONTS

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The ten white-fronted geese were feeding in the grazing fields close to the horseride path on the northern edge of the country park on M...

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 ...

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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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