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 -

Thursday, 29 September 2022

MALE MANDARIN SURPRISE

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A male Mandarin duck was a surprise sight in the Strood borrowdyke on Thursday 29th. It appeared quite wary and flew off when I bent down t...

Monday, 26 September 2022

RINGED PLOVER ROOST

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A flock of 46 ringed plovers roosted on a ploughed section of field by the Strood seawall on Monday 26th. The high tide on Monday ended up b...

Friday, 16 September 2022

FELDY PIED FLYATCHER

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A pied flycatcher was a good find in the Feldy View woodland cemetery by Jon Walters and photographing the bird on Friday 16th. The pied fl...

Monday, 12 September 2022

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER DUO

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Two spotted flycatchers that were first seen just west of Shop Lane on Saturday 10th September by Andy Field, were still present on Monda...

Monday, 5 September 2022

CLOUDED YELLOWS

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Along the Strood seawall on Monday 5th there were three clouded yellows seen in the morning, one flying fast and nearly crossed over the...

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...

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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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