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 -

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

BRENT RETURN TO STROOD

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The first brent geese of the winter in the Strood Channel were two birds present in mid-channel on a hot Tuesday 10th. Also along the chann...
Wednesday, 4 October 2023

SANDWICH FLOCK

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I teamed up with Lea Merclova from the Bird Aware Essex Coast team on Wednesday 4th and walked the Cudmore Grove circuit seeing a nice varie...
Friday, 29 September 2023

WEEDY FIELD WHINCHAT

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A whinchat was photographed by Andy Field in the "weedy-field" inside the Strood seawall on Friday 29th. The weedy field is a wi...
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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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