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 -

Monday, 15 July 2024

FRESH PEACOCK

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A fresh looking peacock butterfly was resting on a bench in Feldy View on sunny Monday 15th. A brown argus was also in Feldy View on Monda...
Monday, 8 July 2024

BOAT SURVEY

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I joined the RSPB on Monday 8th to help with one of their breeding bird survey sessions on-board Stacey Belbin's Lady Grace boat. Along ...
Friday, 5 July 2024

STROOD SANDPIPER

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A common sandpiper was seen briefly alongside the Strood seawall on Friday 5th during the high tide. It stopped off a couple of times to fe...
Monday, 1 July 2024

ELEPHANT HAWK HAUL

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Eight elephant hawkmoths were noted in the garden moth trap in Firs Chase during the night of Monday 1st.  A pair of goldfinch was feeding...
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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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