Help with type of Bird

keps

Can anyone help me identify these birds- who seem to like to 'do their business' in the same place regularly:)

Photo was taken from a boat - in the Shannon estuary - nearer to the Kerry than the Clare coast.




thanks

Wylie Luke

Definitley either a Shag or a Cormorant, I've never been able to tell the difference! Most commonly seen individually as they've such a appitite apparently!

whyulittle

Cormorants, or Shags.

Google the difference.

pikaia

Hi,
its a cormorant. Shags don't have the White throat

Regards
Bren

keps

thanks all:)

keps

Just one more please -

if it's a seagull- dont tell me:D

pikaia

I won't tell you :-)

Seasoft

keps wrote: »

Just one more please -

if it's a seagull- dont tell me:D

http://photos3.media.pix.ie/19/EE/19EEE691AB2B4BF6AAEFEB286C78A636-0000337703-0002358274-00800L-604294FEE3EE4D02A9302F8F4B0785DA.jpg

Not a seagull... a pair of Fulmars. They belong to the tube-nose group of sea birds, which includes shearwaters, albatrosses, etc. As they are highly maritime outside the breeding season, they separate salt from seawater with their "noses" to obtain fresh water out to sea.

keps

Thanks Seasoft - I thought their beaks/noses looked a bit different from a seagull's ok

LeoB

Maybe we should have a thread for helping people identify birds or is that for nature or wildlife thread?

Nice photos by the way

keps

just a photo I like

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taken monday last- Brananmore Stack

keps

http://i53.tinypic.com/5bpnjs.jpg%5B/IMG%5D

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brananmore stack - Cliffs of Moher