Dylan - why won't it stand still -Broon!!
looks like a cororant, but I'm not that good, so could be wrong
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Hi Dylan Broon
It certainly has the very characteristic pose of a cormorant so I'd say it is. Hard to make out much detail at such long range but it appears very pale underneath so probably a juvenile.
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Not certain but I would guess a cormorant too (either that or its practise for that annual competition where people make wings to try and fly off Brighton pier )!
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Hi,
looks like a juvenile cormorant- the white belly seems too bright and extensive for a shag
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yep .
with that white tummy definitely a Juv Cormorant
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Ah! I see, it's a juvenile one. I was confused by the white front. I googled cormorants and came up with a GREAT cormorant, but I believe you only get them in Saharan Africa! Thanks everyone. :-)
Hi Dylan,
Seymour's correct. The only choices with a bird in that wing-drying pose are cormorant or shag. In this habitat - which looks coastal - it could be either species, and if it was an adult (or even a young shag) you would not have been able to tell from this sort of range. However, it's a young bird and the very pale belly shows it is a cormorant. In a young shag, it's sort of coffee-coloured.
Hello Dylan, typical cormarant stance and a juvenile. I love to see a long line of them all standing like that.
look a perfect comparison http://www.birdguides.com/picture?f=233969
Wow! Thanks HawkBuzzard - excellent photo.