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, 2 January 2026

SHOWY FIRECREST

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On Friday 2nd a firecrest showed so clearly low down beside the footpath along the top of the Firs Chase caravan park, that you could see t...
Wednesday, 31 December 2025

FELDY FINCH FLOCK

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There was a wonderful winter chorus from a large finch flock perched in Feldy View on a sunny New Years Eve. Most of the continuous twitteri...
Thursday, 25 December 2025

XMAS LUNCH-TIME GUEST

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Merry Xmas folks! The lonesome Mersea ring-necked parakeet made an appearance in the Firs Chase garden during the Xmas lunchtime. Maybe in ...
Friday, 19 December 2025

WINTER BOAT TRIP

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Joined the RSPB boat-trip on Friday 19th to help with the high tide bird survey of the beach recharge areas at Cobmarsh Island, Packing Mars...
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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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