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, 14 May 2022

SPOT FLIES STOP-OVER

A spotted flycatcher was photographed by Shaun Bater beside Meeting Lane in East Mersea late afternoon on Saturday 14th. This was one of tw...

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

KNOT STILL HERE

The knot was photographed again at the East Mersea Point on Monday 9th by Andy Field during his visit to Cudmore Grove Country Park. It has ...

Sunday, 1 May 2022

EGRET TRIO

A little egret trio stood in one of the Strood fields during the high tide period in the middle of Sunday 1st. Another two little egrets ...

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

SINGING SEDGES

A sedge warbler posed nicely to be photographed by Andy Field as it sang from the reedbed beside the Strood seawall on Tuesday 26th. A s...

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About Me

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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