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 -

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

GARDEN PIED FLY

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A pied flycatcher was a surprise visitor to the Firs Chase garden on Wednesday 31st. It was seen feeding in a silver birch tree, doing seve...
Thursday, 25 August 2022

STROOD DEER

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A Chinese water deer was grazing in a corner of one of the Strood fields close to the seawall on Thursday 25th. After a couple of minutes g...
Saturday, 20 August 2022

IMMIGRANT HAWK-MOTH

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A large convolvulus hawk-moth was a big surprise in the Firs Chase garden moth trap during the night of Saturday 20th. This is the first gar...
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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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