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, 11 July 2022

PLOVER FAMILY

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A pair of ringed plover was keeping a close eye on at least one chick on the beach near the East Mersea Point on Monday 11th. Crouching low...

Friday, 8 July 2022

CUCKOO CHICK

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A recently fledged juvenile cuckoo was perched in bushes down the side of the Firs Chase caravan site on Thursday 7th July. The cuckoo ...

Thursday, 7 July 2022

GARDEN HUMMER

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A hummingbird hawkmoth was photographed by Michael Thorley when it visited his East Mersea garden near Meeting Lane on Sunday 19th June. T...

Monday, 13 June 2022

ANXIOUS OYSTERCATCHERS

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An oystercatcher chick was being anxiously watched over by the parents by the beach behind the Dabchicks sailing club on Monday 13th. The ch...

Friday, 10 June 2022

ORCHID SPOTTING

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Managed to track down the common spotted orchids in a field near Diary Lane off Shop Lane on Friday 10th - first found the previous week by...

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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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