Cattle Egret at Leathes Ham

On August 16th having missed the roosting Cattle Egret at Leathes Ham the previous evening I decided to arrive pre dawn and sure enough walking around just left of the board walk I could see the excellent summer plumaged Cattle Egret perched in a bush on the small island. pre first light on the island at Leathes Ham, Normanston Park, Lowestoft at around 5.30am this morning before it flew south-west at 5.37am. Apologies for poor pic (it was before dawn!) It was seen again that evening. I saw it again on the evening of the 17th when arriving slightly late at 7.30pm it flew in. It appears to have been hassled by 3 Magpies also using the bush to roost and it forced the poor bird to fly out twice before returning. It later flew and appeared to settle in trees further south along the mere.