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, 13 January 2023

SLEEPY SQUIRREL

A red squirrel was watched having a little snooze in an ivy covered tree beside the footpath along the top side of the Firs Caravan park on ...

Saturday, 7 January 2023

FLIGHTY GOLDENEYE

A male goldeneye was spotted by Shaun Bater near the East Mersea Point on Friday 6th as we walked the Cudmore circuit together. The goldeney...

Monday, 2 January 2023

PERCHED-UP KESTREL

A kestrel perched high on a dead tree to scan the area beside the Strood dyke on Monday 2nd. A buzzard was seen near Strood Hill, a second ...

Saturday, 31 December 2022

REEVESHALL SNOW BUNTING

The snow bunting was still along the Reeveshall seawall on Saturday 31st, making a couple of short flights while it was being watched. Also...

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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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