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- Ray_Island abstract "Ray Island is a sandy mound rising out of the saltings close to Mersea Island, Essex, England. It has a shingly foreshore/beach area on its northern side, with a sizeable freshwater pond nearby, and extensive areas of rough grassland. On higher ground, there are blackthorn thickets and some old hawthorns. The southern edge of the island has some natural transition areas of saltmarsh-grassland-scrub. The wide range of saltmarsh plants includes:Golden samphire (Inula crithmoides)Lax-flowered sea lavender, (Limonium humile)Sea rush (Juncus kraussi).Breeding birds include:Eurasian oystercatcherCommon redshankCommon shelduckLarge numbers of wildfowl and waders overwinter - flocks of more than two thousand brent geese (Branta bernicla) are not unusual. All the common finches can be seen throughout the year, but numbers increase dramatically in winter when large flocks feed on the seed heads of sea aster (Aster tripolium) and other saltmarsh plants. Birds of prey are commonly seen, including long-eared and short-eared owl, hen harrier, merlin and barn owl. A number of the commoner butterflies are abundant in normal summers and small mammals, particularly voles, are plentiful.The National Trust has looked after the island since it bought it in 1970. According to volunteer warden David Nicholls, they bought it for three main reasons: For its literary connection, its use as a picnic area and also the wildlife. Its connection to literature comes through Sabine Baring-Gould, the Victorian Pastor of East Mersea who wrote the novel 'Mehalah.'Although it is uninhabited, except when visited by picnickers, the island does have a few permanent residents.There is a small flock of rare-breed primitive sheep called Soays which help to manage the vegetation, particularly blackthorn.".
- Ray_Island thumbnail Towards_Sampsons_Creek_-_geograph.org.uk_-_45917.jpg?width=300.
- Ray_Island wikiPageExternalLink nature_trail_ray_island_two_feature.shtml.
- Ray_Island wikiPageID "21424615".
- Ray_Island wikiPageLength "2581".
- Ray_Island wikiPageOutDegree "26".
- Ray_Island wikiPageRevisionID "670369555".
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Brant_goose.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Category:Islands_of_Essex.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Cobmarsh_Island.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Common_redshank.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Common_shelduck.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Crataegus_monogyna.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Essex.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Eurasian_oystercatcher.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Finch.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Golden_samphire.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Grassland.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Juncus_kraussii.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Limonium.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Limonium_humile.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Mersea_Island.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Prunus_spinosa.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Sabine_Baring-Gould.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Salt_marsh.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Shrubland.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Soay_sheep.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink Tripolium_pannonicum.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLink File:Towards_Sampsons_Creek_-_geograph.org.uk_-_45917.jpg.
- Ray_Island wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ray Island".
- Ray_Island wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Coord.
- Ray_Island subject Category:Islands_of_Essex.
- Ray_Island hypernym Mound.
- Ray_Island point "51.794444444444444 0.9069444444444444".
- Ray_Island type HistoricPlace.
- Ray_Island type SpatialThing.
- Ray_Island comment "Ray Island is a sandy mound rising out of the saltings close to Mersea Island, Essex, England. It has a shingly foreshore/beach area on its northern side, with a sizeable freshwater pond nearby, and extensive areas of rough grassland. On higher ground, there are blackthorn thickets and some old hawthorns. The southern edge of the island has some natural transition areas of saltmarsh-grassland-scrub.".
- Ray_Island label "Ray Island".
- Ray_Island sameAs Q7297651.
- Ray_Island sameAs Ray_Island.
- Ray_Island sameAs m.05f9_bn.
- Ray_Island sameAs Q7297651.
- Ray_Island lat "51.794444444444444".
- Ray_Island long "0.9069444444444444".
- Ray_Island wasDerivedFrom Ray_Island?oldid=670369555.
- Ray_Island depiction Towards_Sampsons_Creek_-_geograph.org.uk_-_45917.jpg.
- Ray_Island isPrimaryTopicOf Ray_Island.