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 -

Monday, 27 July 2026

TERN ISLAND

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Good numbers of terns were on the shingle island offshore from Waldegraves Holiday Park on Monday 27th for the second day. At least 100 comm...
Tuesday, 21 July 2026

FELDY HAWKMOTH CATERPILLAR

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Very pleased to find the caterpillar of the Hummingbird Hawkmoth feeding on Lady's Bedstraw in Feldy View on Tuesday 21st. The adults h...
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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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