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, 6 February 2023

KITE OVER STROOD

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A red kite flying over the Strood fields on Monday 6th was a nice surprise as it passed quite close. The red kite was first seen late morni...
Thursday, 2 February 2023

COLOURFUL KINGFISHER

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A colourful  kingfisher spent over half an hour feeding in a reed-lined ditch beside the East Mersea boating lake on Thursday 2nd. The kingf...
Friday, 27 January 2023

STROOD GREAT WHITE

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A great white egret dropped onto one of the Strood fields providing close views before it went stalking along the edge of the nearby borro...
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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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