Cormorants are a great family of birds with different species all around the world giving the birdwatcher and photographer lots to get their teeth in to.  They are a very noticeable species and exclusively fish eaters which they catch by diving under the water to chase down their prey.  They can be found in both fresh and salt water.  In the UK the European species is at the centre of much controversy due to the predaion of fish stocks. This affects the hobby of angling with the cormorants eating massive amounts of stocked fish from artificially stocked commercial fisheries.

Phalacrocorax carbo – (Great Cormorant)

Devon UK.

Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis – (Chinese Cormorant )

Sri Lanka

Phalacrocorax cororanatus (Crowned Cormorant)

Cape Town South Africa

Phalacrocorax capensis (Cape Cormorant)

Cape Point South Africa

Microcarbo niger – (Little Cormorant)

Sri Lanka

Phalacrocorax auritus (Double Crested Cormorant)

Haulover marina, North Miami Florida USA

Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Shag)

Beer, East Devon UK

Phalacrocorax fuscicollis- (Indian Shag)

Sri Lanka

Phalacrocorax atriceps (King Shag)

Falkland Islands