Monday 24 January 2011

Cormorant

Although Cormorants can be seen in small numbers around Islay, for example in Loch Indaal, most of the year, to the best of my knowledge no-one has ever found them breeding. When we did a complete circumnavigation of Islay in 2000 counting all the seabirds on the cliffs and islands we failed to see a single Cormorant. Yet, every late summer, young birds appear in Loch Indaal so they can't be breeding that far away. Maybe there are a few pairs on one of the many skerries and islands off the south-east coast. They just need finding! The photograph is another one by Gordon Langsbury.

Malcolm

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