Mersea Island - The Wild Edge Of Essex

[@nicolabjork2533]

I've only just now come across this delightful video, and it took me straight back to my childhood in West Mersea in the 50s. Lots of exploratory paddling through the mud at low tide, especially over what we children called ”Crab Island”, a stretch of algae covered mud cut through by the retreating tidewaters, making mounds able to take our weight, and which sheltered hundreds of crabs. Reed beds, where we made mazes and hid from each other, are gone now, giving way to water's-edge properties and artificially sandy beaches. Dinghy sailing in the sound off West Mersea Yacht Club, and suppers afterwards in the restaurant. Totally unsupervised days of seashells, sunshine, water, swimming - bliss! My grandfather owned and ran the White Hart, and my mother owned our house on Melrose Road. These memories have sustained me through a life of travel - I have visited every continent except Antarctica - but my heart lies in Mersea Island. Thank you for an unexpected and welcome meander through 60-year-old memories!

[@chrisellis1089]

A little gem of a documentary . . like the island itself . .an overlooked gem of a place.

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thanks Chris!

[@carolynhobbs1537]

I've not been to Mersea for a few years as a bit of a way. This makes me want to go back & visit as soon as I can. One of the most well made natural history films I've watched, a wonderful narrator.

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thank you Carolyn :-)

[@whatami4249]

Mate I live on Mersea and if you do come to live here don’t get involved with any drama it will always come back to you

[@paulost5611]

I often visit the island, I live only 9 miles away. This film makes me want to go back asap its a great credit to the producer and Mersea.

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

+Paul Ost Thanks Paul :-)

[@belinhafernandes]

A charming movie! Mersea Island is not without beauty at all. What a paradise for birds!

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thank you, yes it's a real gem!

[@NicolePoliskey]

I love this! I live in the US but I love seeing these beautifully done films. Thank you for sharing

[@graciousgrape3031]

A beautiful tribute to Mersea's wild life. Well done!

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thank you, very glad you enjoyed the film :-)

[@thetherapycliniccic3994]

A beautiful tribute to Mersea....and lovely to see it so professionally done with a voice and music to match.....and amazing photography! Well done1

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thank you :-)

[@crystalwaters8852]

Yes the cinematography is amazing quality.

[@isctony]

A truly stunning film, well put together and beautiful narrated. Mersea is a special place

[@whatami4249]

This makes me really proud of the island I live on

[@irfanullahkhan6379]

Wow I well visit this place soon thanks for posting this video

[@BeyondthePoint]

Very nicely shot and narrated, clearly a lot of work went into this

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thank you!

[@elizabethtrustrum5960]

A Great Film! Congratulations! Wonderful footage and narration and very dramatic Sound Design. Good Luck with this and thank you for making something that shows the world how beautiful Essex is.

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thanks Elizabeth, your kind comments are appreciated!

[@susanbond9702]

We visit twice a week...love it there....Parents lived on the Island for over 40 yrs too.

[@luyung4981]

Excellent film, enjoyed it very much and found it very informative. It is indeed a gem of a place to live. Thank you.

[@PaulDoldenDetails]

I've lived here for over twenty years beautiful video nice one 👌🏻

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thanks Paul!

[@paulcowell7588]

I'm sold....lived in essex for 15 years and never been to Mersea.imchanging that asap.

[@mozdickson]

Congratulations to all involved, class. Brilliant photography too. May God bless all who work to nurture and protect this rich ecology.

[@reggiewsks]

Great Advert for Mersea Island.

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

+reggiewsks Thank you :-)

[@CarolineMitchell]

This made the perfect setting for my psychological thriller book, Silent Victim.

[@twitchholls_513]

I love mersea island i acctually own a static home/caravan on east merseas waldergraves site

[@PaulDoldenDetails]

Hollynichollslife I live on west mersea love it 😍

[@andygreen2775]

great place.Bit mad when you want it, but peaceful and stunning when you need it..So many memories. Great fishing ( beach and lake ), and long walks, followed by long boozy BBQS . Unfinished business with the island !!. Will have a van there again in the next few years when the kids are trusted with the house on their own LOL. Six years when they were young, the best times of my life !!

[@ianbell1314]

Well done Matt Larkin. 👍 Remarkably professional production. Thoroughly enjoyable.

[@annie5591]

Well done...what a lovely film!

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

+Annie Gordon Thank you, glad you enjoyed the film :-)

[@benitobueno3373]

Extremely interesting and well filmed..many thanks

[@keithwelton]

I used to live nearby in Salcot cum Virley as a young adult. As a child i camped with my school twice at East Mersea. A lovely promotional film thanks for posting it.

[@whatami4249]

For anyone who wants to go to mersea I recommend the black water Perl it’s a great cafe I have lived on the island for about 5 years and have gone there countless times

[@CrystiDromgoole-rz1zt]

Lovely film ❤

[@camponwater]

Super film. Thank you.

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

+camponwater Thanks for watching and for your kind words :-)

[@richardiangregerson1047]

Been a lot over the years amazing video 😍

[@boxes247]

Love this!

[@owenitfc]

lovely!

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thank you :-)

[@VolareAlto]

Great vid..

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thank you!

[@kevinboyd88]

Absolutely stunning film, a joy to watch. Having lived on the island for many years, moved away now, you should make a film.on the inhabitants, a very different story lol

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

Thanks for your kind words! :-)

[@johncrow2457]

super film. well put together. must be Charlie Waite doing the narration

[@robnewman6101]

Paradise. Song by Coldplay.

[@Yamaprilia]

awsome vid

[@whitetipmediawildlife3065]

+a20rsx Thanks for watching!

[@johnbuoy50]

I always love the comment - most eastern inhabited in England - what about Horsey Island in the Walton Back waters ? I know the family that live on it !

[@southlondon86]

RIP Terrence Hardiman

[@robnewman6101]

I'm sorry to hear of that. ⛪➕✝️💐

[@Vanman-ed9og]

If you love mud then Mersea is for you.

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[@aapfom]

Oysters!!

[@Peterpan-mu2qt]

Very good apart when u said a snake is poisonous. No snake is. It's venomous....

[@TheFever77]

It is if you eat it, lol!

[@Peterpan-mu2qt]

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[@si4632]

flat as a pancake