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 -

Thursday, 4 March 2021

PARK PINTAIL

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Nine pintail were a nice surprise for Andy Field on the country park grazing fields on Thursday 4th. Also on the fields were a pale-bellied...

Saturday, 27 February 2021

BARN OWL FLYPAST

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A barn owl was out hunting beside the seawall at Maydays farm late afternoon on Friday 26th. It perched on several fence-posts beside the dy...

Monday, 22 February 2021

MAYDAYS VISIT

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A male yellowhammer perched in a bush near the Maydays seawall on a sunny Sunday 21st. A corn bunting was also in the same area with ten ...

Thursday, 18 February 2021

GARDEN VISITORS

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A fieldfare tucking into the rosehips in Michael Thorley's East Mersea garden near Meeting Lane. Michael spent time in the warm indoors...

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

SNOW FIELDS OF MERSEA

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The snow and ice were still covering the fields and seawall at Maydays farm on a very cold Sunday 14th. During a quick seawall walk birds of...

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

SOME WADERS CLOSE-UP

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The cold weather provided photo opportunities for Michael Thorley at Coopers Beach on Saturday 13th. As the tide ebbed in the afternoon 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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