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, 30 October 2025

STROOD WHEATEAR

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The wheatear was seen again along the Strood seawall on Thursday 30th - enjoying its pause here on its migration journey south now for its ...
Sunday, 26 October 2025

LATE WHEATEAR

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A wheatear along the Strood seawall on Saturday 25th was a late autumn migrant for the island. Before this individual, the last wheatear s...
Saturday, 18 October 2025

BLACK REDSTART BRIEF VISIT

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A black redstart was found at the East Mersea Oyster Fishery on Saturday 18th by Alan Reynolds, photographed here by Andy Field. It was only...
Sunday, 12 October 2025

PINGING BEARDIES

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Two "pinging"  bearded tits flew along the Strood seawall towards the Firs Chase caravan park on Sunday 12th, passing over the he...
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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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