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 -

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

RARE HAWKMOTH DROPS IN

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Very excited to find this rare immigrant Striped Hawkmoth come crashing into the back garden at 2am on Tuesday 2nd as I was clearing away t...
Thursday, 28 May 2026

WEEK OF SWELTERING HEAT

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The last week of May had been extremely hot, which tamped down the bird activity but increased the insects buzzing about. This Elephant Hawk...
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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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