Identify this What are these please?

What are these please?

DaveAM 28/06/2023 18:23

Photographs taken at Aberdeen beach. The were diving for long periods and distances some distance from the beech. I had thought they were Shags or Cormorants when I took the pictures, but the bills look wrong.

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0 BenjiS 28/06/2023 20:47

The first two look like a diver of some description (you'll have to wait till someone who knows what they are talking about to tell which one)
Last one looks like a cormorant - that is if it is actually a different bird

Regards

Benji
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+1 Cris 28/06/2023 21:56

Red throated diver.
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0 DaveAM 29/06/2023 13:11

Thanks for that.

Rgds Dave
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0 Limpy 29/06/2023 13:19

I think the third might be a shag as the beak looks thinner than a cormorant's.

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