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 -

Tuesday, 16 August 2022

FELDY VIEW PIED FLY

A pied flycatcher was found by Andy Field feeding among the birch trees in Feldy View on Tuesday 16th. This is a scarce visitor to the Isla...

Wednesday, 10 August 2022

COBMARSH PLOVER

This ringed plover was one of forty seen on Cobmarsh Island on Wednesday 10th. Two yellow wagtails were also on Cobmarsh while on Packing M...

Monday, 8 August 2022

YOUNG DUCKS

A young pochard was on the dyke at the country park on Monday 8th with no sign of any siblings or parent nearby. Also on the park dyke were...

Friday, 5 August 2022

PASSAGE WILLOW WARBLERS

Willow warblers have begun stopping off on the Island during their autumn passage south. Three were down the side of the Firs Caravan park ...

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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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