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 -

Friday, 12 February 2021

WOODCOCK ALONG DITCH

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Two woodcock were discovered by Andy Field at Cudmore Grove Country Park on Thursday 11th on a cold day with the snow still lying everywher...

Monday, 8 February 2021

SNOWFALL WITH FIELDFARES

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Almost five inches of snow had covered many places around West Mersea by the end of Monday 8th - the second day of snow falling. A flock of ...

Tuesday, 2 February 2021

SHORT-EARED OVER REEVESHALL

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A short-eared owl was seen hunting over the grass beside the Reeveshall seawall on Monday 1st. After flying the full length of the seawall,...

Wednesday, 27 January 2021

SCAMPERING SANDERLING

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Seventeen sanderling were seen scampering along the beach at the East Mersea Point on Wednesday 27th. The sanderling had the beach almost ...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021

GRAZING FIELD GODWITS

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A flock of 200 black-tailed godwits was seen in the grazing fields at the country park on Wednesday 20th. All the black-tailed godwits and...

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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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