I went out this morning with the hope of taking some photos in an around the mouth of the River Exe. On the way I called in at Powderham to se if I could see the Cattle Egrets that had apparently moved from the Roundhouse back amongst the sheep by Powderham Church. There were at least 10 liitle Egrets but I couldn't see the Cattle Egrets amongst them In the Estuary at Cockwood a pair of Goldeneye Ducks were near to the sea wall but quickly moved away when they knew I was around. I did manage a poor photo of the male but not good enough to post here.
So on the way back home and back at Powderham I had a closer look amongst the Egrets and sure enough there amongst the sheep was a couple of Cattle Egrets. I couldn't get close enough to get a decent photo but I decided to try and find out who owned the Sheep and ask if I could get in amongst them with the chair hide. I traced the farmer, Ben who was a grand chap. We had a long chat and once he understood that my motives were sincere and I was not going to upset his really lovely Dorset sheep, it was agreed that I could place my hide near to them and hopefully get some near shots of the Cattle Egrets. 

As I looked through this one stood out as one of my favourites. It is quite hard to get two subjects both in focus and this one was almost there. It also pits our Cattle Egrets in a "place" and time and gives the whole thing some character. 

I have added this new image from a remote computor.