CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)

Rare Vagrant

1992	Stodmarsh, adult, 7th-8th May.
1993	Dungeness, adult in summer plumage, 1st May; presumed same, Sandwich Bay, 2nd.
1995	Stodmarsh, 15th May.
1998	Graveney, 16th-22nd January.
	Oare Marsh, 12th-13th April.
	Walland Marsh, three, 28th June to 1st July; presumed one of same, Dungeness Reserve, 2nd July.
1999	Oare Marshes, 12th-13th April.
2001	Dungeness Reserve, adult, 30th August.
2005	Oare Marshes, partial summer, flew off east, 24th May.
	Sandwich Bay, partial summer, 24th May. Different bird than that at Oare Marshes.
	Sandwich Bay, adult, 4th August.
	Elmley, adult, 22nd September to 22nd November. Also reported at Oare Marshes, 28th September, and at South Swale LNR, 20th November.
2006	Samphire Hoe, 24th April.
	Grove Ferry , 23rd July.
	Grove Ferry , another bird, 29th July.
2007	Sevenoaks, 31st January.
	Grove Ferry, adult and juvenile, 21st-24th July.
2008	Walmer Castle, adult, 19th April.
No Longer Accepted
1974	Wittersham/Maytham, 8th-15th August, probable escape.