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2013

• NWT Weeting Heath, Norfolk and RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk - Coach Trip Sunday 19th May 2013
• Holehaven Creek - Field Walk Sunday 12th May 2013
• Wakering Common and Fleet Head - Sunday 28th April 2013
• RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk - Coach Trip Sunday 21st April 2013
• RSPB Bowers Marsh - Field Walk Sunday 03rd March 2013
• RSPB Rye Meads and Fishers Green - Coach Trip Sunday 17th February 2013
• Thorndon Country Park (North and South) Field Walk - Sunday 3rd February 2013
• Southend Pier Field Walk- Sunday 13th January 2013

2012

• Barling Sea Wall Field Walk- Sunday 09th December 2012
• RSPB Wallasea Island Field Walk- Sunday 25th November 2012
• WWT London Wetland Centre Coach Trip - Sunday 18th November 2012
• Foulness Island Day Trip - Sunday 28th October 2012
• RSPB Frampton Marsh and Gibraltar Point NNR - Group Long Weekend Away 19th - 21st October 2011
• Bradwell Bird Observatory Field Walk - Sunday 14th October 2012
• RSPB Dungeness (including power station and beach), Kent - Sunday 07th October 2012
• Two Tree Island Field Walk - Sunday 30th September 2012
• RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk Coach Trip - Sunday 20th May 2012
• EWT Blue House Farm Field Walk - Sunday 06th May 2012
• Stodmarsh NNR, Kent Coach Trip - Sunday 22nd April 2012
• RSPB Pulborough Brooks, West Sussex Coach Trip - 18th March 2012
• Two Tree Island Field Walk - 19th February 2012
• Southend Pier Field Walk - 08th January 2012

2011

• Wakering Stairs Field Walk - 27th November 2011
• RSPB Rainham Marshes Coach Trip - 20th November 2011
• Dungeness Beach and RSPB Dungeness Coach trip - 23rd October 2011
• RSPB Wallasea Island - Field Walk Sunday 16th October 2011
• Wat Tyler Country Park and RSPB Vange Marsh Field Walk - 25th September 2011
• RSPB Frampton Marsh and Gibraltar Point NNR - Group Long Weekend Away 09th - 11th September 2011
• NWT Weeting Heath and RSPB Lakenheath Fen - Coach Trip Sunday 22nd May 2011
• RSPB West Canvey Marshes - Field Walk Sunday 08th May 2011
• Hadleigh Castle Country Park - Field Walk Sunday 24th April 2011
• Redgrave and Lopham Fen Suffolk Wildlife Trust - Coach Trip Sunday 17th April 2011
• Wallasea Island - Field Walk Sunday 06th March 2011
• WWT London Wetland Centre - Coach Trip Sunday 27th February 2011
• Abberton Reservoir and RSPB Old Hall Marshes - Field Walk Sunday 13th February 2011
• Southend Pier - Field Walk Sunday 09th January 2011

2010

• Stambridge Mill to Stambridge Trout Fishery - Sunday 12th December 2010
• South Fambridge / Brandy Hole - Field Walk Sunday 14th November 2010
• RSPB Rainham Marshes - Coach Trip Sunday 24th October 2010
• Wat Tyler Country Park and RSPB Vange Marsh - Field Walk Sunday 17th October 2010
• RSPB Headquarters, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire - Coach Trip Sunday 26th September 2010
• RSPB Minsmere - Coach Trip Sunday 23rd May 2010
• RSPB Dungeness, Kent - Coach Trip Sunday 25th April 2010
• EWT Fingringhoe Wick - Field Walk Sunday 18th April 2010
• Two Tree Island - Field Walk Sunday 07th March 2010
• RSPB Rye Marsh and Fishers Green - Coach Trip Sunday 14th February 2010
• Wakering Stairs Through to Fleet Head - Field Walk Sunday 03rd January 2010

2009

• Wallasea Island - Field Walk Sunday 13th December 2009
• RSPB Pulborogh Brooks, West Sussex - Coach Trip Sunday 15th November 2009
• Barling Creek, River Roach - Field Walk Sunday 08th November 2009
• RSPB Vange Marsh - Field Walk Sunday 13th September 2009
• Grove Ferry / Stodmarsh Nature Reserve - Coach Trip Sunday 17th May 2009
• Foulness Island - Field Walk Sunday 10th May 2009
• Canvey, Island, Hole Haven Creek - Field Walk Sunday 02nd May 2009
• Top Lodge / Rutland Water - Coach Trip Sunday 26th April 2009
• Bradwell Bird Observatory and Power Station - Field Walk Sunday 12th April 2009
• Blue House Farm - Field Walk Sunday 29th March 2009
• London Wetland Centre - Coach Trip Sunday 15th February 2009
• Two Tree Island - Field Walk Sunday 01st February 2009

2008

• Stambridge Mill and Paglesham Lagoon - Field Walk Sunday 07th December 2008
• Thorndon (and Thorndon South) Country Park - Field Walk Sunday 30th November 2008
• RSPB Boat Trip Aboard Lady Essex III Rivers Crouch and Roach and Around Bridgemarsh Island - Sunday 16th November 2008
• RSPB Rainham Marshes - Field Walk Sunday 19th October 2008
• Foulness Island - Field Walk Sunday 12th October 2008
• Wat Tyler Country Park and RSPB Vange Marshes - Field Walk Sunday 28th September 2008
• RSPB Minsmere - Coach Trip Sunday 14th May 2008
• RSPB Minsmere - Coach Trip Sunday 18th May 2008
• Two Tree Island - Field Walk Sunday 11th May 2008
• RSPB Dungeness - Coach Trip Sunday 27th April 2008
• Hadleigh Castle Country Park - Field Walk Sunday 20th April 2008
• Wakering Stairs - Field Walk Sunday 09th March 2008
• RSPB Pulborough Brooks - Coach Trip Sunday 17th February 2008
• Wallasea Wetlands - Field Trip Sunday 10th February 2008
• Southend Pier - Field Trip 27th January 2008
• Foulness Island - Field Trip 13th January 2008

2007

• Rochford, River Roach - Field Trip 16th December 2007
• RSPB Ouse Washes and Welney WWT - Coach Trip Sunday 25th November 2007
• RSPB Old Hall Marshes - Field Trip 11th November 2007
• The Naze, North Essex - Field Trip 14th October 2007
• RSPB Minsmere - Coach Trip Sunday 30th September 2007
• Wat Tyler Country Park - Field Walk Sunday 23rd September 2007
• RSPB Minsmere and Westleton Heath - Saturday 16th June 2007
• RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk - Coach Trip Sunday 20th May 2007
• EWT Fingringhoe and Abberton Reservoir - Field Walk Sunday 13th May 2007
• Wakering Common, Oxenham Farm - Field Walk Sunday 29th April 2007
• NWT Weeting Heath, Norfolk and West Stow, Suffolk - Coach Trip Sunday 22nd April 2007
• Hockley Woods - Field Walk Sunday 04th March 2007
• Two Tree Island - Field Walk Sunday 18th February 2007
• WWT Wetland Centre, London - Coach Trip Sunday 11th February 2007
• Southend Pier - Field Walk Sunday 28th January 2007
• Foulness Island - Field Walk Sunday 07th January 2007

2006

• RSPB Rainham Marsh - Field Walk Sunday 26th November 2006
• RSPB Elmley and Raptor View Point - Coach Trip Sunday 26th November 2006
• Barling Marsh / River Roach - Field Walk Sunday 19th November 2006
• East Tilbury, Coalhouse Fort - Field Walk Sunday 08th October 2006
• RSPB Minsmere - Coach Trip Sunday 24th September 2006
• Wat Tyler Country Park - Field Walk Sunday 17th September 2006
• Danbury Common and Backwarden Nature Reserve - Field Walk Sunday 28th May 2006
• RSPB Dunwich Heath and Minsmere Coach Trip - Sunday 14th May 2006
• Wat Tyler Country park / RSPB West Canvey & VangeMarsh - Sunday 30th April 2006
• Arundel West Sussex Coach Trip - Sunday 16th April 2006
• River Roach, Barton Hall Creek - Field Walk Sunday 19th March 2006
• Two Tree Island - Field Walk Sunday 19th February 2006
• RSPB Rye Meads and Fishers Green - Coach Trip Sunday 29th January 2006
• Southend Pier - Field Walk Sunday 08th January 2006
• North Norfolk 2nd - 3rd January 2006 (Individual report)

2005

• An Alternative Christmas - 24th December to 28th December 2005
• Wakering Stairs Field Walk - 11th December 2005
• RSPB Pulborough Brooks Coach Trip - 27th November 2005
• Wat Tyler Country Park Field Walk - 13th November 2005
• Edwards Hall Country Park Field Walk - 25th September 2005
• Minsmere Coach Trip - 18th September 2005
• Scottish Wildlife - 30th July to 6th August 2005 (Individual report)
• RSPB Strumpshaw Fen Coach Trip - 15th May 2005
• Fingringhoe Wick / Abberton Reservoir Field Walk - 08th May 2005
• Minsmere Coach Trip - 17th April 2005
• North Norfolk Long Weekend - 08th - 10th April 2005
• Hadleigh Castle Country Park Field Walk - 03rd April 2005
• Wat Tyler Country Park Field Walk - 20th March 2005
• Stambridge Mill / River Roach Field Walk - 13th February 2005
• Southend Pier Field Walk - 09th January 2005

2004

• Two Tree Island Field Walk - 12th December 2004
• RSPB Elmley Marshes Coach Trip - 28th November 2004
• East Tilbury Field Walk - 14th November 2004
• Blue House Farm Field Walk - 24th October 2004
• Dungeness Coach Trip - 26th September 2004
• Wakering Common - 12th September 2004
• The West Country (with a bit of birdwatching) - 6th/13th June 2004
• Stodmarsh / Grove Ferry Coach Trip - 16th May 2004
• Danbury Common Field Walk - 09th May 2004
• Minsmere Coach Trip - 25th April 2004
• Dunton Plotlands Field Walk - 10th April 2004
• Wakering Stairs Field Walk - 21st March 2004
• London Wetland Centre Coach Trip - 29th February 2004
• Marsh Farm / River Roach Field Walk - 08th February 2004
• Southend Pier Field Walk - 18th January 2004

2003

• River Roach / Paglesham Field Walk - 14th December 2003
• Ouse Washes and Welney Coach Trip - 30th November 2003
• Two Tree Island Field Walk - 09th November 2003
• Tollesbury Wick Field Walk - 19th October 2003
• Dunwich Heath and Minsmere Coach Trip - 28th September 2003
• Edwards Hall CP / The Scrubs Field Walk - 14th September 2003
• Northern Spain travelling from Portsmouth to Bilbao by P&O ferry 16th - 26th August 2003
• Rutland water Coach Trip - 18th May 2003
• Isle of Mull - 4th - 10th May 2003 (Individual Report)
• Wakering Common Field Walk - 11th May 2003
• Costa Rica - January 2003 (Individual Report)
• Hockley Woods Field Walk April 27th 2003
• Minsmere Coach Trip - 13th April 2003
• Blue House Farm Field Walk - 16th March 2003
• Arundel West Sussex Coach Trip - Sunday 23rd February 2003
• Stambridge Mills/River Roach Field Walk - Sunday 09th February 2003

2002

• Wakering Stairs Field Walk - Sunday 08th December 2002
• Old Hall Marshes Field Walk - Sunday 24th November 2002
• East Tilbury Field Walk - Sunday 27th October 2002
• The Lodge and Paxton Pits Coach Trip - 13th October 2002
• Eastwood Sewerage Works Field Trip - 29th September 2002
• Dungeness Coach Trip - Sunday 15th September 2002
• Hickling Broads Coach Trip - Sunday 19th May 2002
• Danbury Common Field Trip - 05th May 2002
• Minsmere Coach trip - 21st April 2002
• Norfolk Long Weekend 12th - 14th April 2002
• Hadleigh Country Park Field Trip - 07th April 2002
• Thorndon Country Park Field Trip - 17th March 2002
• West Stow Coach Trip - 24th February 2002
• Bradwell Field Trip 17th February 2002
• Southend Pier Field Trip 20th January 2002

2001

• Tollesbury Wick 9th December 2001
• Barling Marsh / River Roach 18th November 2001
• Pulborough Brooks Coach trip - 11th November 2001
• North Norfolk - 1st - 4th November 2001
• Stour Estuary Field Trip - 21st October 2001
• Edwards Hall Country Park Field Trip - 30th September 2001
• Group Weekend in Dorset - 21/23rd September 2001
• Wat Tyler Country Park - 20th May 2001
• North Warren/Minsmere - 13th May 2001
• The Wetland Centre Barnes London - 18th February 2001
• Southend Pier 14th January 2001

2000

• Field Trip: Two Tree Island - 17th December 2000
• Field Trip: Stanford Warren, Mucking - 26th November 2000
• The Ouse Washes and Wicken Fen - 19th November 2000
• Havengore and Foulness Islands - 15th October 2000
• Wat Tyler Country park - 24th September 2000
• Lakenheath Fen - 1st July 2000
• North and Mid Wales 2 - 4th June 2000
• Norsey Wood, Billericay, Sunday 21st May 2000
• Norfolk and Suffolk, Sunday 14th May 2000
• Field Trip: Friday Wood / Roman River, North Essex Sunday 30th April 2000
• Field Trip: Titchfield Haven, Fareham, Hampshire Sunday 16th April 2000
• Field Trip: Blue House Farm Sunday 26th March 2000
• Coach Outing: Holkham Gap Sunday 19th March 2000
• Field Trip: East Tilbury Sunday 27th February 2000
• Kent Weekend Group Trip 18/20th February 2000
• Coach outing: West Stow / Lackford Wildfowl Reserve Sunday 6th February 2000
• Field Meeting: Wakering Stairs 23rd January 2000

Individual Reports

Scotland 09th - 18th June 2006
Northern Spain - August 2003
Isle of Mull - May 2003
Costa Rica - January 2003
Norfolk - April 2002
Chilterns - February 2002
North Norfolk - November 2001
Dorset - September 2001
Lakenheath - July 2000
Wales - June 2000
Norfolk/Suffolk - May 2000
Kent Weekend - February 2000
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Abberton Reservoir
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Magnolia Nature Reserve
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Priory Park
The Scrub
Southend Pier
Southchurch Park East
Star Lane
Two Tree Island
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Wakering Common
Wakering Stairs
Wat Tyler Country Park

Local Bird Photographs
Favourite Photographs of 2004
Favourite Photographs of 2005
Favourite Photographs of 2006
Favourite Photographs of 2007
Favourite Photographs of 2008
Favourite Photographs of 2009

Local Rarities
Gunners Park Bluethroat
Paglesham Black Brant
Paglesham Red-necked Phalarope

Essex Ranger Events