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, 14 August 2025

FELDY VIEW FLYCATCHERS

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Feldy View played host to a few flycatchers over several days. This pied flycatcher found feeding in the shade of the oaks and birches on Th...
Tuesday, 12 August 2025

SOME SUMMER MOTHS

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Moth trapping has been carried out in the Firs Chase back garden nearly a dozen times in the last month. Numbers of individuals and species ...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025

WILLOW WARBLERS STOP OFF

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Several willow warblers have been stopping off on the Island in recent days during their autumn migration south to Africa. Five were seen i...
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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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