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, 7 May 2026

LITTLE TERN TREAT

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A close view of a little tern fishing off the East Mersea Point on Thursday 7th was an unexpected treat. It spent at least thirty minutes ...
Sunday, 3 May 2026

ORCHID DISPLAY

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The green-winged orchids were having another good season in the back of the private garden on the Victoria Esplanade on Sunday 3rd.  No cou...
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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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