Art Deco houses in Frinton-on-Sea and birds and butterflies at The Naze in late April 2025

I walked from Walton-on-the-Naze to Frinton-on-Sea and viewed some Art Deco houses from the beach hut area down below the cliffs

Then I wandered along the top of the cliff where there were several houses with sea views and others along the small side roads - all looked fantastic!

This one was for sale - dreaming!!!!

 

Back in Walton-on-the-Naze there were beach huts in tiers

A Pied Wagtail was looking for the Naze Tower

World War 2 pill box on The Naze nature reserve

Kestrel on a tree in front of a blue sky

Speckled Wood butterfly

Peacock butterfly

Comma butterfly

I believe that this is a Drinker moth caterpillar

There is a Kestrel box on the side of the Naze Tower

Marsh Harrier attached to a sailing boat at low tide on the Backwater estuary

Lovely exotic Parrots on the outside of a mobile home in the holiday park!

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