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, 8 December 2023

BESOM GREBE

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This great crested grebe was feeding along Besom Fleet beside St Peters with another ten offshore in the outer Blackwater on a sunny Friday...

Friday, 1 December 2023

HARD SUNSET

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There was a nice end to the day with the sun setting across from the West Mersea Hard car park, after a chilly but mainly sunny Friday 1st. ...

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

RAZORBILL RETURNS

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After a week's absence, the razorbill reappeared at the West Mersea Hard on Monday 27th and again on Tuesday 28th, when it was close e...

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

PARK WIGEON

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A pair of wigeon swam along the borrowdyke at Cudmore Grove Country Park on Wednesday 22nd, while nearby a small flock of fifty was grazing...

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

MORNING OF SUNSHINE

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A pair of stonechat was enjoying the morning sunshine near the East Mersea Golfhouse on Wednesday 15th. The grey wagtail was still in the h...

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

GREY WAG AT THE GOLFHOUSE

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The grey wagtail that has been at the East Mersea Golfhouse for over a week, was photographed there on Tuesday 7th by Andy Field. Also seen...

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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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