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, 9 June 2023

BEETLE-MANIA

A big crop of rosemary beetles has recently been eating one of the rosemary bushes in Michael and Sarah Thorley's East Mersea garden At ...

Friday, 2 June 2023

BOAT TRIPS

A yellow-legged gull was seen on Packing Marsh Island in the Mersea Quarters, during a boat trip organised by the RSPB on Friday 2nd to sur...

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

GARDEN WILDLIFE

A few things of interest have been seen in the Firs Chase garden over the last week or so. Butterflies have been a bit scarce in the garden ...

Thursday, 25 May 2023

LINGERING OSPREY

A pair of avocet was feeding in the pond in the Strood fields on Thursday 25th, with another three feeding in the Strood channel. A casual ...

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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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