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 -

Saturday, 15 August 2026

SPOT FLIES STOP BY

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A couple of spotted flycatchers turned up in the West Mersea area on Saturday 15th. One was first seen in a Firs Chase garden and then later...
Sunday, 9 August 2026

FELDY PIED FLY

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A pied flycatcher was found in the Feldy View cemetery on Sunday 9th. Several birders came along to see the bird - including Simon Patient ...
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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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