Our Last Photographed Local Rarities. Click on the thumbnails to open the main page.

	Red-rumped Swallow. Gunners Park, Shoebury. 5th May 2010. Found by Neil Chambers.
	Woodchat Shrike Two Tree Island.
	Dotterel. Wallasea Island 25th April 2009. Found by Jeff Delve.
	Broad-billed Sandpiper. Wallasea Island 04th October 2008. Found by Jeff Delve.
	Caspian Gull
	Pectoral Sandpiper. Saturday 10th September 2005. Vange Marsh, Pitsea. Found by Simon Buckell.
	'Rossi' The Ring-billed Gull
	Temminck's Stint. Thursday 13th May 2004. Vange Marsh, Pitsea.
	1st winter drake Long-tailed Duck. Saturday 15th November 2003. River Roach.  found by John Wright of the Southend Ornithological Group
	Two Tree island (West). 1st winter Grey Phalarope. Thursday 09th October 2003. first reported by Ron Hodgson.
	Red-necked Phalarope. 31st August 2003, Paglesham Lagoon. Found by Steve Sanford of the Southend RSPB Local Group.
	Black Brant. 24th November 2002, Paglesham. Found by Steve Arlow of the Southend Ornithological Group. Black Brant also found by Terry Strong on 28th March 2004 off of Two Tree Island.
	1st-year White Spotted Bluethroat. 24th March 2001, Gunners Park, Shoeburyness. To see more of Nigel's Excellent photography visit his web site at: http://www.nigelblake.co.uk

We would very much welcome any contributions to our photo album and will consider any photographs that you send us for publication. We are always on the look out for any good photographs of local birds no matter how common the species.