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 -

Friday, 1 April 2022

PARK WIGEON

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At Cudmore Grove on Friday 1st, there were still 100 wigeon to be seen, some on the fields, some on the saltmarsh and one or two along the ...

Thursday, 24 March 2022

SPRING SUNSHINE

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Several butterflies such as this comma were enjoying the spring sunshine on Thursday 24th beside the footpath between Shop Lane and Meeting ...

Friday, 18 March 2022

MORE CHIFFCHAFFS BACK

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A male great spotted woodpecker perched on a telegraph pole beside Feldy View on Friday 18th. More chiffchaffs have come back from Africa ...

Monday, 14 March 2022

KITE OVER GARDEN

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A red kite circled low over Firs Chase gardens while I was indoors having lunch on Monday 14th. I dashed outside to watch it hanging in the ...

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

HARRIER FLYPAST

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A male hen harrier provided Steve Grimwade with a nice flypast so he could get this photograph, as it flew west along the Pyefleet Channel ...

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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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