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 -

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

MISSING MISTLE THRUSHES

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A pair of mistle thrushes swooped into the poplar trees with mistletoe at East Mersea near the Golfhouse on Wednesday 14th. Wary as usual, ...
Saturday, 10 October 2026

MAYDAYS YELLOWHAMMER

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A male yellowhammer was seen with its female partner on a bush by the Maydays seawall on Saturday 10th. It was a morning for raptors with s...
Monday, 5 October 2026

STROOD DARTFORD WARBLER

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A Dartford warbler was an unexpected discovery along the Strood seawall late morning on Monday 5th, feeding in the company of a pair of ston...
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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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