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 -

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

SUNBATHING SEAL

A common seal was enjoying a bit of sunbathing on the beach at East Mersea Point on Tuesday 4th. The common seal came ashore when the Point...

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

SANDERLING ALONG THE SHORELINE

A dozen sanderling were feeding along the shoreline at the East Mersea Point during the high tide period on Tuesday 25th. Also at the Point...

Thursday, 20 February 2025

BLACK REDSTART STILL AROUND

The black redstart was seen again on Thursday 20th in Firs Chase / Firs Hamlet - not too far away from where it was first seen almost a mont...

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

BLACK BRANT WITH BRENT

The black brant was with some dark-bellied brent geese feeding along the saltmarsh in front of the Firs Chase caravan park on Wednesday 1...

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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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