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 -

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

NESTING MARTINS

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At least 32 nest holes have been excavated by the sand martins on the Cudmore Grove cliff, when the park was visited on Monday 8th. There ...

Sunday, 7 June 2020

BACKGARDEN HAWKMOTHS

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Moth trapping was carried out on twelve nights during May in the back garden in Firs Chase. The fine continuous sunny weather during th...

Wednesday, 3 June 2020

MARSHES MUNTJAC

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This muntjac deer was seen out for a stroll on the old marshes near the Coopers Beach holiday park during a sunny and hot mid morning on T...

Sunday, 31 May 2020

GARDEN DELIGHTS

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Wild orchids were enjoying the hot sunshine in Dave Chadwick's garden on the Esplanade on Saturday 30th, with seventy spikes of common...

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

NESTING OYSTERCATCHERS

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An oystercatcher was perched on a boat near the Dabchicks sailing club on Monday 25th. It's probably nesting in one of the moored boat...

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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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