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, 20 April 2026

REEDBED BUNTINGS AND WARBLERS

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A male reed bunting was singing from a bush alongside the Strood seawall on Monday 20th - two other reed buntings were also singing along t...
Monday, 13 April 2026

ELUSIVE REDSTART

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Four sedge warblers were singing along the Strood dyke on Monday 13th, as was a reed warbler although it was tucked deep inside the reedbed...
Monday, 6 April 2026

ON THE MEDS

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There were lots of gulls along the Strood Channel because a tractor was cultivating a nearby field on a sunny Monday 6th. This pair of Medit...
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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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