Skipper's Island is a nature reserve north of
Kirby-le-Soken
Kirby-le-Soken is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of North East Essex, England, which is mainly agricultural, but increasingly residential, near Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the ...
in
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
, England. It is owned and managed by the
Essex Wildlife Trust.
The highest part of the island has thorn thickets, separated by grassy rides. The lowest land is saltmarsh, and there is also extensive rough pasture with brackish pools. Flora include
sea hog's fennel and
lax-flowered sea-lavender, and there are breeding birds such as
shelducks and
oystercatchers.
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The island is connected to the mainland by two causeways, and access is only by prior arrangement with the trust.]
References
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Islands of Essex
Essex Wildlife Trust
Thorpe-le-Soken