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 -

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

CONFIDING KESTREL

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A confiding male kestrel perched over the footpath near Feldy View on Wednesday 2nd.  A handful of Mediterranean gulls were along the Stroo...
Thursday, 26 September 2024

GREEN STROOD CHANNEL

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There were at least fifty Mediterranean gulls seen during a walk along the Strood seawall on Thursday 26th. A few were on the mudflats - su...
Tuesday, 10 September 2024

TREE PIPIT TREAT

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The Feldy View tree pipit was seen again in Feldy View Cemetery on Tuesday 10th. It has been present here for three days which has been a re...
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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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