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 -

Friday, 22 May 2026

FELDY VIEW BUTTERFLIES

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Plenty of sunshine on Friday 22nd brought the butterflies out at Feldy View. This brown argus butterfly is the first of the year here. A sm...
Friday, 15 May 2026

FINCH ON FENCE

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A goldfinch perched on a fence beside the Firs Chase caravan park on Friday 15th. A whitethroat was singing beside the caravan park, with...
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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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