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Dieren en planten

Birds   Cormorants   Shag   Great cormorant   Bird Protection   Swimming birds   

Water en land

Water and land   North Sea   In general   Southern North Sea   Helgoland   Wadden Sea region   Dutch wadden region   German wadden region   Danish wadden region   

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Fisheries   Fisheries, in general   Nature policy   Nature Protection Act   Flora and Fauna Act   Bird Directive   

Cormorant

color differences:

males and females same color

food gathered:

diving from surface

habitat:

coastal and inland waters

reproduction:

in colonies in trees, rocky islets, cliffs

characteristics

webbed feet with toes that stick straight forward

Great cormorant, Erik van Ommen, www.erik-van-ommen.nl

Cormorants

A cigar with wings. That how some people describe a flying cormorant. Cormorants look for food by diving. Because their feathers get wet in the process, you often see them sitting in the sun with their wings spread. Two species of cormorants are found in the North Sea region: in the north, mostly shags and in the south, great cormorants.