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<blockquote data-quote="The Kerreran" data-source="post: 1156216" data-attributes="member: 56970">Fraid&nbsp; not,&nbsp; Joe,&nbsp; but&nbsp; I&nbsp; do&nbsp; have&nbsp; another&nbsp; possible&nbsp; for&nbsp; you - a&nbsp; sinensis&nbsp; Cormorant&nbsp; off&nbsp; Hope's&nbsp; Nose,&nbsp; late&nbsp; this&nbsp; afternoon.&nbsp; It&nbsp; was&nbsp; fishing&nbsp; about&nbsp; 1/3 of&nbsp; the&nbsp; way&nbsp; between&nbsp; Sandy&nbsp; Point&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; Ore&nbsp; Stone,&nbsp; being&nbsp; lightly&nbsp; annoyed&nbsp; by&nbsp; a&nbsp; geeb [ which&nbsp; is&nbsp; what&nbsp; caught&nbsp; my&nbsp; eye ].&nbsp; It&nbsp; had&nbsp; more&nbsp; white 'frosting'&nbsp; than&nbsp; any&nbsp; Cormorant&nbsp; I've&nbsp; ever&nbsp; seen&nbsp; by&nbsp; a&nbsp; very&nbsp; large&nbsp; margin;&nbsp; on&nbsp; its&nbsp; head&nbsp; and&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; way&nbsp; around&nbsp; its&nbsp; neck,&nbsp; right&nbsp; the&nbsp; way&nbsp; down,&nbsp; seemingly&nbsp; whitest&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; crown&nbsp; and&nbsp; mid-lower&nbsp; throat&nbsp; and&nbsp; neck&nbsp; sides [ though that could have been the angle of view ].&nbsp; I've&nbsp; heard&nbsp; something&nbsp; about&nbsp; sinensis&nbsp; being&nbsp; distinguished&nbsp; from&nbsp; older&nbsp; carbo&nbsp; by&nbsp; the&nbsp; angle&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; edge&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; gular&nbsp; patch,&nbsp; but&nbsp; can't&nbsp; find&nbsp; anything&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; books&nbsp; about&nbsp; it,&nbsp; and&nbsp; while&nbsp; it&nbsp; had&nbsp; a&nbsp; gular&nbsp; patch&nbsp; and&nbsp; was&nbsp; 'different'&nbsp; to&nbsp; a&nbsp; clear carbo&nbsp; nearby,&nbsp; even&nbsp; with&nbsp; my&nbsp; ED50&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp; too&nbsp; far&nbsp; away&nbsp; to&nbsp; measure&nbsp; angles&nbsp; with&nbsp; any&nbsp; certainty.With&nbsp; more&nbsp; surety&nbsp; and&nbsp; brevity - 2&nbsp; s/pl&nbsp; Razorbill&nbsp; off&nbsp; Meadfoot&nbsp; Beach with&nbsp; 3&nbsp; Lesser&nbsp; Black-backs&nbsp; hanging&nbsp; around&nbsp; and&nbsp; a&nbsp; Rockit on the seawall,&nbsp; a&nbsp; singing&nbsp; Chiffchaff&nbsp; in&nbsp; Ilsham&nbsp; woods,&nbsp; and&nbsp; a&nbsp; lovely&nbsp; ad. male&nbsp; Peregrine&nbsp; over.&nbsp; The&nbsp; Peregrine&nbsp; also&nbsp; put&nbsp; in&nbsp; an&nbsp; appearence&nbsp; at&nbsp; Hope's&nbsp; Nose,&nbsp; being&nbsp; mobbed&nbsp; by&nbsp; very&nbsp; brave&nbsp; Herring&nbsp; Gulls&nbsp; when&nbsp; it&nbsp; moved&nbsp; too close&nbsp; to&nbsp; Thatcher&nbsp; Rock.&nbsp; As&nbsp; well&nbsp; as&nbsp; gulls&nbsp; and&nbsp; shags&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; Rock&nbsp; were&nbsp; at&nbsp; least&nbsp; 5&nbsp; nesting&nbsp; Cormorant,&nbsp; with&nbsp; some&nbsp; impressively&nbsp; large&nbsp; sticks&nbsp; being&nbsp; brought&nbsp; in.&nbsp; A&nbsp; male&nbsp; Wheatear&nbsp; was&nbsp; at&nbsp; Sandy&nbsp; Point,&nbsp; 3&nbsp; Guillemot&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; sea,&nbsp; 6+ Gannet&nbsp; fishing&nbsp; in&nbsp; close though catching very little.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Kerreran, post: 1156216, member: 56970"] Fraid not, Joe, but I do have another possible for you - a [I]sinensis[/I] Cormorant off Hope's Nose, late this afternoon. It was fishing about 1/3 of the way between Sandy Point and the Ore Stone, being lightly annoyed by a geeb [ which is what caught my eye ]. It had more white 'frosting' than any Cormorant I've ever seen by a very large margin; on its head and all the way around its neck, right the way down, seemingly whitest on the crown and mid-lower throat and neck sides [ though that could have been the angle of view ]. I've heard something about [I]sinensis[/I] being distinguished from older [I]carbo[/I] by the angle of the edge of the gular patch, but can't find anything in the books about it, and while it had a gular patch and was 'different' to a clear [I]carbo[/I] nearby, even with my ED50 it was too far away to measure angles with any certainty. With more surety and brevity - 2 s/pl Razorbill off Meadfoot Beach with 3 Lesser Black-backs hanging around and a Rockit on the seawall, a singing Chiffchaff in Ilsham woods, and a lovely ad. male Peregrine over. The Peregrine also put in an appearence at Hope's Nose, being mobbed by very brave Herring Gulls when it moved too close to Thatcher Rock. As well as gulls and shags on the Rock were at least 5 nesting Cormorant, with some impressively large sticks being brought in. A male Wheatear was at Sandy Point, 3 Guillemot on the sea, 6+ Gannet fishing in close though catching very little. [/QUOTE]

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