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 -

Friday, 2 May 2025

CONFIDING MUNTJAC

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A muntjac deer provided a close view for Andy Field to photograph during his Cudmore Grove circuit walk on Friday 2nd. The muntjac had walk...
Thursday, 24 April 2025

FELDY VIEW KITE

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A red kite glided slowly east over Feldy View before turning north to the Strood channel on Thursday 24th. Also flying over Feldy View was t...
Thursday, 17 April 2025

HUNTER-HOVERER

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The regular male kestrel was hunting along the Strood seawall on Thursday 17th. Hovering low over the long grass by the seawall, the kestre...
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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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