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 -

Monday, 30 November 2020

SNOW BUNTING TRIO

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A brilliant looking male snow bunting was found with two other female / imm birds at East Mersea Point on Monday 30th by Michael and Sarah ...

Monday, 23 November 2020

PADDOCK PLOVER

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A couple of lapwings were feeding in the horse paddocks by the East Mersea Golfhouse on a sunny Monday 23rd. As in previous winters, there h...

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

BLACK BRANT WITH BRENT

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A black brant was among the 700+ dark-bellied brent geese that were feeding in the winter wheat field near Coopers Beach on Tuesday 17th. Th...

Saturday, 14 November 2020

PURPLE SAND SHOWS AGAIN

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The purple sandpiper was found again near the East Mersea Point on Friday 13th by Andy Field. The purple sandpiper was feeding on the mud j...

Sunday, 8 November 2020

SHORT-EARED STILL BY STROOD

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One of two short-eared owls seen and photographed by Andy Field on Saturday 7th from the Strood seawall. This bird perched on a bush beside...

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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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