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 -

Monday, 6 October 2025

BIRD OF PREY DAY

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Six species of bird of prey were seen on Monday 6th during a walk along the Strood seawall. One of the eight buzzards noted, circled overhea...

Monday, 29 September 2025

PASSAGE REDSTART

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A common redstart was present for its second day near the Firs Chase caravan park on Monday 29th, stopping off here on its autumn passage s...

Thursday, 25 September 2025

DABCHICKS GODWITS

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Eleven species of wader were present in the Strood Channel on Thursday 25th, including 100 black-tailed godwits . This black-tailed godwit w...

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

WEST MERSEA NIGHTJAR

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There was a very unexpected sighting of a nightjar on Wednesday 10th, seen and photographed by Jenella Potter in Captains Road in West Mers...

Sunday, 7 September 2025

WALL BROWN SUMMER CONTINUES

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The wall brown butterfly continues to have a good summer on the island with the latest sighting being in my back garden in Firs Chase on ...

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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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