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 -

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

STROOD DIVER

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A black-throated diver was photographed in the Strood Channel on Wednesday 24th by Andy Field. The diver was first seen the previous day an...

Thursday, 18 November 2021

BLACK BRANT WITH THE BRENT

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A black brant was feeding among a flock of 800 dark-bellied brent geese on Thursday 18th on a wheat field behind the East Mersea boating la...

Friday, 12 November 2021

STONECHATS BY SEAWALL

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Three stonechats were beside the country park seawall on Friday 12th, a pair by the corner near the Point and a female along the edge of the...

Sunday, 7 November 2021

BRAMBLING VISITORS

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A brambling feeding on rowan berries at Cudmore Grove was photographed by Steve Entwistle on Sunday 7th. These two pictures taken off the b...

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

SHORELINE SANDERLING

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A flock of 28 sanderling was feeding along the shoreline by the East Mersea Youth Camp on Wednesday 3rd. The sanderling were scurrying alon...

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

FLOODED PADDOCK WILDFOWL

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A number of wildfowl were feeding on the flooded horse paddock in front of the East Mersea Golfhouse on Wednesday 27th including this pair o...

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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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