GREAT WHITE EGRET (Egretta alba)

Vagrant

1977	Stodmarsh, 5th may; later same day at St. Margaret's Bay.
1988	Dungeness, 3rd August.
1990	Dungeness, 8th August;presumed same, Stodmarsh 23rd August to mid-October, also in Sussex.
1995	Dungeness, 13th August.
1996	Bough Beech Reservoir, 5th-14th January; same as East Sussex, West Sussex, and Hampshire.
1998	Dungeness, 8th-14th July.
1999	Elmley, 6th August.
2000	Bough Beech Reservoir, 2nd September; possibly same as East Sussex, 30th July.
	Dungeness, 22nd October; presumed same, Walland Marsh, 25th-28th.
	Newenden, 13th-16th December.
2002	Elmley, 11th-26th August.
	Capel Fleet, 20th October.
2003	Scotney GP, colour-ringed bird, 12th-17th July, and again Dungeness RSPB, 21st July.
	Pegwell Bay, 22nd August, flew off North-East.
2004	Bough Beech, 31st August to 1st September, had been colour-ringed as nestling at Lac du Grand-Lieu in western France on 15th May 2004. It was later seen in South Yorkshire on 2nd-22nd September.
	Cliffe Pools, 1st September, also colour-ringed. It was later seen at Rye Harbour on 26th September.
2005	Seaton, single birds reported on 15th January, 13th February, and 12th March, probably same individual.
	Elmley, 3 birds, 17th October.
	Dungeness, same 3 birds flew SE out to sea, 18th October.
2006	Harty Marshes, single bird, 8th-10th February.
	Grove Ferry, single bird, 9th July.
	Seasalter, single bird, 11th September.
2007	Dungeness, one flew in off sea, 15th August.
	Sandwich Bay, one flew south, 27th November.
2008	Stodmarsh/Westbere, single bird, 6th June.
	Dengemarsh, possibly same bird as previous record, 10th June.
	Grain/Stoke Lagoon, single bird, 13th and 15th October.
2009	Sandwich Bay, one flew NW, 3rd April.
	Stoke Lagoon/Yantlett Marsh, single bird, 10th-13th April.
	Oare Marshes, single bird, 23rd May.
	Reculver, single bird, flew NW, 29th June.
	Elmley, single bird flew south, 29th September.
	Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 15th August, remaining in Dengemarsh area until 14th December.
2010	West Hythe, single bird, 10th January.
	Eastwell Lake, two birds, 20th October.
2011	Reculver, single bird, 2nd October.
	Reculver, two individuals, 6th October.
	Bilting, nr. Godmersham, single bird, 1st November.
	Herne Common, single bird, 25th November.
2012	Botolph's Bridge, West Hythe, single bird, 7th February.