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, 15 July 2021

CALLING WAGTAIL

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A yellow wagtail was calling loudly beside the Strood seawall on Tuesday 13th, four others were also seen. Also seen were two reed buntings...

Monday, 12 July 2021

GROWING CHICK

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The growing juvenile oystercatcher near the Dabchicks sailing club was resting on the edge of the saltmarsh with its parent keeping half a ...

Wednesday, 7 July 2021

GARDEN FOX

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A fox visited the Firs Chase garden recently at 6am to check for nut and seed tit-bits under the bird feeders. After a brief scavenge it d...

Saturday, 3 July 2021

KITE NEAR CUDMORE

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A red kite was photographed by Andy Field as it passed overhead near the horse paddocks north of the country park on Saturday 26th. Noted ...

Friday, 2 July 2021

SINGING SEDGE

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Andy Field photographed this sedge warbler singing at Cudmore Grove country park on Saturday 12th June. Also numerous reed warblers and w...

Thursday, 1 July 2021

DRAGONS AND DAMSELS

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Plenty of dragonfly and damselfly activity was photographed by Michael Thorley in his East Mersea garden near Meeting Lane during mid June. ...

Friday, 11 June 2021

FELDY POPPIES

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The Feldy View cemetery field is displaying a nice variety of colours with the red poppies particularly eye-catching on Friday 11th. A buzz...

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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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