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 -

Friday, 12 May 2023

STROOD BEARDED TIT

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  A male bearded tit put in a very brief appearance in the corner reedbed by the Strood seawall on Thursday 11th. The bird was heard pingin...
Monday, 8 May 2023

FOX-WATCH

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This fox found itself being watched and photographed by Caroline White from the bird hide at Cudmore Grove on Monday 8th.  A buck muntjac d...
Tuesday, 2 May 2023

SEAWALL WARBLERS

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  There were three singing whitethroats noted during a walk along the Strood seawall and another one singing by Feldy View on Tuesday 2nd. ...
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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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