Walks with birds, houses and coastal erosion from East to West Mersea on Mersea Island - mid-March 2025

I spent a week on Mersea Island in the middle of March, staying at Cooper's Beach Holiday Park in East Mersea.

  

From there I walked through a couple of fields on the way to the beach during walks to West Mersea.

View of the coast and windswept trees from the public footpath through fields on an overcast day

There was a lot of coastal erosion and that is why I had to walk on the footpath through the fields instead of along the beach from the holiday park

Bradwell nuclear Power Station across the estuary - this is no longer being used

Sanderlings on the beach

and Brent Geese

One of the large beach-front houses during a sunny spell

Large modern beach-front house

Very old house in the old part of West Mersea

Redshank on the beach at low tide

Two Shelducks

Two Shelducks in flight

Early evening walk towards East Mersea along the coast at low tide

Tree roots growing through the eroded cliff at Cudmore Grove Country Park

Brent Geese in flight

Turnstone on pebbles at the edge of the water - seen during another walk towards West Mersea

The famous pastel-coloured beach huts on West Mersea beach

Large houseboat in West Mersea harbour

Lone tree viewed from the footpath along The Strood

Cars driving across the causeway when the tide was quite high

Views from the public footpath through the fields as I walked back from West Mersea to the holiday park in East Mersea