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 -

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

AUTUMN TONES OF BRAMBLING

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A colourful male brambling was photographed by Andy Field on Monday 2nd, as it fed on the rowan berries in the car park at Cudmore Grove. T...

Thursday, 29 October 2020

PURPLE SAND AT POINT

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A purple sandpiper made a surprise appearance at the East Mersea Point on Wednesday 28th, spending half an hour on the beach before heading...

Saturday, 24 October 2020

GREAT WHITE STALKS MARSH

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A distant great white egret spent an hour feeding on the saltmarsh on Ray Island on Friday 23rd. It was first seen gliding over the Strood ...

Saturday, 17 October 2020

CONFIDING SNOW BUNTING

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A snow bunting was playing hard to find in recent days on the beach at the East Mersea Point- here tracked down by Shaun Bater on Friday 16t...

Monday, 12 October 2020

DOUBLE REDSTART DAY

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Two common redstarts were on show 400m apart from each other not far from the Firs Caravan site at West Mersea on Sunday 11th. This male wa...

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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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