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Birds seen on sea-cliffs and rocky islands in the UK: Cormorant |
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ARKive - Cormorant
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Phalacrocorax_carbo/more_still_images.html Enjoy this visual essay about awkward-looking bird common in UK. Eighteen colour images showing nest with eggs, chicks, juveniles, and parents in range of activities. |
| ARKive - Cormorant,
Phalacrocorax carbo
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Phalacrocorax_carbo/more_info.html Check out fact file that deals with the threat to this species from anglers. Also find current status, description, range, habitat, and biology. |
| Avibase - Great Cormorant,
Phalacrocorax carbo http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=summary&lang=EN& id=FD02EA7F26F2E9A7&ts=1121512094892/ Access lengthy list of alternative names for the great cormorant including order, family, scientific, and protonym. Find translations of name into twelve languages. |
| BTO - Cormorant, Phalacrocorax
carbo http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2000/wcrcormo.htm Study figures from British Trust for Ornithology for cormorant population in UK expressed as graphs and tables. Also supplies conservation status and long-term trend. |
| CormorantBusters - Latest News http://www.cormorantbusters.co.uk/ Read fascinating article from fisherman who claims that the cormorant population in UK is quite unsustainable and explains how to legally shoot them. |
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Cormorants.info - Questions and
Answers http://www.cormorants.info/facts.html Find fact sheet, written for anglers, packed with information about cormorants in UK. Discusses effectiveness of shooting the species. |
| Environment Agency -
Cormorants and Fisheries Management http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/fish/165773/272851/273304/?lang=_e/ UK government agency explains how to protect fisheries from large bird that’s protected by law. Discusses difficulties and possible alternative methods. |
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Lincolnshire Bird Club - Cormorant
http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/cormorant_1.htm Peruse two colour images of rare visitor to UK gravel pits. Publishes photographer’s name, exact location, and date shot. |
| Paxton Pits - Cormorants:
Their Rise and Fall http://www.paxton-pits.org.uk/cormorant/ Appreciate interesting article about the wild fluctuations in the cormorant colony at UK gravel pit. Attempts to unravel reasons why and looks to the future. |
| Young People’s Trust for the
Environment - Common Cormorant http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/factsheets/animal_facts/cormorant.html Offers fact sheet for this member of the pelican family. Reviews physical description, habitat, size, and diet. |
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Birds on sea-cliffs & islands in the UK
