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 -

Saturday, 3 August 2024

NOT SO COMMON BLUE

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Common blue butterflies have been far from common this summer. This lone one was seen by the Maydays seawall on Saturday 3rd.  A pair of Ca...
Saturday, 27 July 2024

REEVESHALL CATTLE EGRETS

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A nice surprise at Reeveshall on Saturday 27th was seeing a flock of five cattle egrets feeding with the cows. Two of the birds were adults ...
Friday, 26 July 2024

SUMMER MOTH SELECTION

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There has been a nice selection of moths visiting the Firs Chase garden moth trap during the first three weeks of July. The Robinson trap ha...
Friday, 19 July 2024

SQUIRREL VISITORS

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A couple of red squirrels have been visiting the Firs Chase garden in recent days, with this female photographed on Friday 19th. The same ...
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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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