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 -

Thursday, 7 March 2024

SIGNS OF SPRING

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There were signs of spring at Cudmore Grove Country Park on Thursday 7th with two adders basking in the morning sunshine. The adders were ...
Friday, 1 March 2024

WILDFOWL ON WET FIELDS

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Lots of wildfowl and a few waders were feeding in the waterlogged grazing field at Cudmore Grove on Friday 1st. Up to 300 wigeon were scatt...
Friday, 23 February 2024

WINTERING GREENSHANK

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A greenshank was roosting on the small lake beside the East Mersea boating lake on Friday 23rd, pictured above in the centre. It was with a...
Friday, 16 February 2024

STROOD PINTAIL

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A male pintail in the Strood channel was an unusual sight on Friday 16th. It was keeping company with a small flock of wigeon and seemed qu...
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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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