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, 18 August 2023

LITTLE PADDOCK WILDLIFE

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Michael Thorley has been busy in recent days with his camera in his East Mersea garden at Little Paddock near Meeting Lane. Some of the inte...
Thursday, 17 August 2023

WASP SPIDER SEASON

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Wasp spiders were easily seen in the field of long grass west of Shop Lane on Thursday 17th. The underside of the wasp spider has bright ye...
Saturday, 12 August 2023

TIGER MOTHS

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Two tigers were in the garden moth trap in Firs Chase on the night of Saturday 12th. The garden tiger has become scarcer in recent years in...
Tuesday, 8 August 2023

STROOD WHINCHAT

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A whinchat perched beside the Strood dyke on Tuesday 8th. Earlier it had been feeding in the middle of a grass field, perching on top of so...
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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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