This bird arrived mid morning of the 18th October on St. Mary's and moved rapidly around the various fields before settling briefly around Longstones and then Porth Hellick Pool, where these images were taken. It was seen in flight several times around the eastern side of the island before it presumably departed late in the evening for the mainland as there was no further sightings of the bird.
Cattle Egret - St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly October 2009