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, 21 February 2022

STORMY WATERS

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A pair of mute swans battled with the stormy waters along the Strood dyke on a very windy Monday 21st. The mute swans managed to stay in t...
Tuesday, 15 February 2022

WIGEON GRAZERS

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Up to 400 wigeon were in the country park grazing fields on Tuesday 15th. Numbers are well below those normally present in the winter but n...
Wednesday, 9 February 2022

MUNTJAC MISCHIEF

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It was a bit of a surprise to see a pair of muntjac deer out in the open field beside Feldy View mid morning on Wednesday 9th. It appeared ...
Thursday, 3 February 2022

SWANS ALONG PARK DYKE

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A pair of mute swans put in a rare appearance along the country park borrowdyke on Thursday 3rd. The pair appeared to be a male and a near ...
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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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