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 December 2024

FELDY REDPOLL

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A redpoll was feeding in a birch tree in Feldy View on Sunday 1st. After a few minutes it flew west over the caravan park. Redpolls have be...

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

STROOD SHELDUCK

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There were lots of shelduck along the Strood channel on Tuesday 26th with 100 noted -their numbers have increased in the last week or so. O...

Saturday, 16 November 2024

REWSALLS KINGFISHER

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A kingfisher perched along the small dyke in front of the East Mersea boating lake on Saturday 16th. After a few minutes it disappeared al...

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

CUDMORE YELLOW-BROWED

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A flock of 500 brent geese was in the grazing fields at Cudmore Grove for the first time this winter on Tuesday 12th. The yellow-browed war...

Monday, 4 November 2024

PINK FEET BY FELDY VIEW

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A family of four pink-footed geese was found resting in the recently cultivated maize field next to Feldy View on Monday 4th. A rare visitor...

Sunday, 27 October 2024

GOLFHOUSE GODWITS

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A black-tailed godwit photographed by Andy Field, as it fed in the Golfhouse horse paddock in East Mersea on Sunday 27th. Andy also photogr...

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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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