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, single bird, present for five minutes before flying off west, 24th April.
	Grove Ferry, single bird, 23rd July to 7th August.
	Elmley RSPB, two birds roosting, 7th September.
	Dungeness, single bird, 18th-20th September.
2007	Sevenoaks WR, single bird, 31st January.
	Grove Ferry, adult and juvenile, 21st-22nd July, with the juvenile remaining until 24th.
	Grove Ferry, two birds, 19th October.
2008	Walmer Castle, adult, 19th April.
	Harty Church, adult, 18th November .
2009	Elmley, single bird, flew south, 14th August.
	Lydd-on-Sea, single bird, 11th October, moving to Dungeness RSPB on 12th, and remaining in the area until 17th December.
No Longer Accepted
1974	Wittersham/Maytham, 8th-15th August, probable escape.