cormorants or shags? (1 Viewer)

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Earnest lad

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• Jun 22, 2019

• #1

I saw these birds pass over on the Black sea coast of Romania. There were several flocks passing over, and some of the birds seemed to have white undersides. Please would anyone know whether these would be cormorants or shags?

 

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SteveClifton

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• Jun 22, 2019

• #2

Cormorants

 

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Earnest lad

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• Jun 22, 2019

• #3

Thank you.

 

Nutcracker

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• Jun 22, 2019

• #4

The ones with white bellies are immatures :t:

 

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Earnest lad

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• Jun 22, 2019

• #5

Dear Nutcracker
Thank you for pointing that out. Strangely in the UK I havent seen any Cormorants with white bellies even though I have seen many cormorants here over the years.

 

Scridifer

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• Jun 23, 2019

• #6

Earnest Lad note Shag prefer rocky coastline, which is very rare in Romania! You need to cross the border into Bulgaria and they are common on the coast as far south as Cape Kaliakra (ssp. desmarestii).

HTH

Chris

 

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Earnest lad

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• Jun 23, 2019

• #7

Dear Scridifer
Thank you for that information. It is useful to know. I hope to do Bulgaria - maybe next years trip. I want to catch up with Shag which is also rare where I come from in the UK