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, 16 February 2026

STROOD GREAT WHITE

The regular great white egret was back again in the weedy fields beside the Strood on Monday 16th. It has been stalking the fields and borro...

Monday, 9 February 2026

RAVEN APPEARANCE

A raven stopped by for a while along the edge of West Mersea on Monday 9th. It was first seen perched at the top of tall poplars by the ...

Monday, 2 February 2026

BRENT AND BRANTS

The high tide on Monday 2nd was covering all of the saltmarsh in front of the Firs Chase caravan park allowing 70 brent geese to feed over t...

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

AVOCET TRIO

A trio of avocets rested on the mud in the Strood channel on a sunny Wednesday 28th. Sixty avocets in total were noted, as well as 100 k...

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About Me

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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