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, 2 February 2024

SICKLY SCOTER

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A sickly male common scoter was near to the Monkey beach at West Mersea on Friday 2nd. Found by Daryl Rhymes initially off Kingsland Road, ...
Friday, 26 January 2024

CUDMORE TUFTEDS

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The purple head of a male tufted duck showed up well in the sunshine at Cudmore Grove on Friday 26th. Two pairs of tufted duck were togethe...
Friday, 19 January 2024

CHILLY STROOD WALKS

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A grey plover was feeding near the seawall at low tide along the Strood Channel on a chilly morning on Friday 19th. A ringed plover was also...
Friday, 12 January 2024

DAYTIME BARN OWL

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A barn owl was seen flying over some rough scrubby pasture near the East Mersea Oyster Fishery during the early afternoon of Friday 12th. T...
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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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