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 -

Thursday, 5 June 2025

ELEPHANTS AND TIGERS UP EAST

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A Small Elephant Hawkmoth was one of the striking moths seen at Cudmore Grove Country Park on Wednesday 4th, during a mothing evening held b...
Friday, 30 May 2025

CUDMORE CYGNETS

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Andy Field photographed two mute swan cygnets at Cudmore Grove on a recent visit to the park.  When Andy visited the park on Friday 30th, bi...
Friday, 23 May 2025

OYCK IN A BOAT

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On Friday 23rd an oystercatcher was seen sitting on her nest in an old fish-box filled with shingle in Jim Pullen's old dory near the ...
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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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