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, 3 June 2022

SHOP LANE- MEETING LANE DELIGHTS

A whitethroat perched along a hedge in East Mersea between Shop Lane and Meeting Lane on Thursday 2nd. Another whitethroat was watched ta...

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

DAYTIME BARN OWL

A barn owl was photographed by Andy Field as it flew in front of the bird hide at Cudmore Grove in the morning on Tuesday 30th. The barn o...

Friday, 27 May 2022

HIGH AS A KITE

Two red kites flew north-west over the Firs Chase garden on Friday 27th. The local carrion crows alerting me in time for me to see the kit...

Monday, 23 May 2022

WARBLERS IN THE REEDS

A reed warbler perched in the reeds beside the Strood seawall on Monday 23rd. Three reed warblers were heard singing in the reeds, also fo...

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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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