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, 5 April 2021

EMPEROR DROPS BY

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A large and strikingly-patterned female emperor moth dropped into the back garden moth trap in Firs Chase on the night of Wednesday 31st. H...

Wednesday, 31 March 2021

STROOD KESTREL

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A male kestrel was perched on a bush beside the Strood seawall on Wednesday 31st. A pair of buzzards was also perched on bushes at the back...

Saturday, 27 March 2021

FELDY BLACK RED

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A female black redstart was found in the Feldy View cemetery on Thursday 25th by Andy Field. This picture was taken by Michael Thorley. Ano...

Monday, 22 March 2021

GARDEN PEACOCK

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Sunshine on Monday 22nd brought this peacock butterfly into the Firs Chase garden with the first small white butterfly also flying round th...

Saturday, 20 March 2021

STROOD EGRETS

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On Friday 19th a great white egret was stalking along the edge of the pond at the back of the Strood fields. Later on Friday morning a sec...

Monday, 15 March 2021

GREAT WHITE

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A great white egret was found on Monday 15th in the fields beside the Strood channel by Charlie Williams. Later in the afternoon the bird 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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