In March 2019 Archaeological Solutions Limited (AS) carried out an archaeological field walking and a metal detector survey at Brierley Paddocks, West Mersea, Essex (NGR TM 02413 13126; Figs.1 and 2). The survey was undertaken in tandem with a geophysical survey and was required by the Local Planning Authority (LPA) in advance of the determination of the planning application for the residential and commercial development of the site in order to identify any archaeological implications and the need for any further archaeological mitigation which may be required (CBC Planning Application Ref. 190200). The surveys were required by the Local Planning Authority, based on advice from the Colchester Borough Council Archaeological Advisor (CBC AA). No struck flint was present. The sparse Iron Age and Roman finds of pottery and CBM are broadly dispersed across the site, possibly with an emphasis in the eastern sector. No Roman metalwork was found. Similarly the medieval pottery and CBM is sparsely distributed across the site, and co-incident with the modern and early modern CBM in the eastern sector of the site. No medieval metalwork was found. No intrinsically interesting post-medieval or modern finds were made within the pottery, CBM and metalwork assemblages. The fieldwalking finds of pottery and CBM broadly correlate with the anomalies identified during the geophysical survey (Figs. 4 - 6), in particular the Roman CBM and medieval pottery. These anomalies were located towards the southern and eastern sectors of the site.