(Great/Black) Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Cormorant with nesting material
Cormorant with nesting material
The white thigh
The Common or Great Cormorant adult develops white thigh patches in the breeding season.
Cormorant nests, Berlin
Nests, Berlin
Nests, Lee Valley, London; including Little Egrets
Cormorants nest communally, usually in trees by water, especially on islands.
More Cormorant nests in the Lee Valley, London.
Nesting colony
Close up of nest
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