Bit of a turn up at Cosmeston today. Found at around 5:30 p.m. by our local ‘bird magnet’. A juv Cattle Egret! I didn’t find out until about 7 p.m. due to being busy with other things. Almost didn’t go as I thought I’d probably ‘dip’ but then I thought, maybe it’ll roost, so I dropped down there. And there it was resting in a tree near a Grey Heron, movements of which spooked it occasionally. A juv Cattle Egret. It finally did go to roost at about 8 p.m. Managed some quite nice pix in the failing light. First record for the site as far as we know. It’s a juv bird. The occurrence is perhaps not totally surprising after a report the other day of a roost in the Somerset Levels of 370 birds!