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 -

Sunday, 1 September 2024

AUGUST MOTHS

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  Moth trapping took place in the Firs Chase garden during August on nine nights. Generally there have been fewer moths around this year tha...
Thursday, 29 August 2024

POND VISITORS

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A few birds were making the most of the Thorley's garden pond in East Mersea during a hot Thursday 29th with this chiffchaff photographe...
Wednesday, 21 August 2024

STROOD SEAWALL

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Amongst the birds of interest seen from the Strood seawall on Wednesday were a few curlew feeding nearby as the tide came in. Waders noted ...
Saturday, 17 August 2024

FELDY FLYCATCHERS

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Jon Ward visited Feldy View cemetery in West Mersea on Saturday 17th and was rewarded with finding a pied flycatcher and a spotted flycatch...
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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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