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 -

Monday, 6 April 2026

ON THE MEDS

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There were lots of gulls along the Strood Channel because a tractor was cultivating a nearby field on a sunny Monday 6th. This pair of Medit...
Monday, 30 March 2026

GARGANEY TWITCH!

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Great excitement at Cudmore Grove Country Park on Monday 30th when a pair of garganey was found on the park pond in the morning. A number o...
Monday, 23 March 2026

KITE OVER STROOD

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A red kite circled over the Strood channel on Monday 23rd, before drifting over to Ray Island. A buzzard was also seen over the Peldon side...
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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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