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Identify a bird please

  • 27-12-2018 08:50PM
    #1
    Waitsian
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    The one beside what I think is a heron ie the one middle left with the yellow on its beak. Taken at Bessbrook pond, Co Armagh. Thank you.


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  • #2
    bkrangle
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    Cormorant I think


  • #3
    Milly33
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    think it is a cormorant bird fab looking birds..


  • #4
    Del.Monte
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    Cormorant.

    https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/cormorants-and-shags/

    ****



  • #5
    Waitsian
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    Great stuff, thanks all.


  • #6
    tayto lover
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    Is it not a heron?


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  • #7
    corks finest
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    mod9maple wrote: »
    The one beside what I think is a heron ie the one middle left with the yellow on its beak. Taken at Bessbrook pond, Co Armagh. Thank you.
    Cormorant 100 pc


  • #8
    corks finest
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    corks finest wrote: »
    mod9maple wrote: »
    The one beside what I think is a heron ie the one middle left with the yellow on its beak. Taken at Bessbrook pond, Co Armagh. Thank you.
    Cormorant 100 pc
    Langer loads of them in Cork,both near the beach,and fresh water rivers


  • #9
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,654 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Is it not a heron?

    You're looking at the wrong bird, the blackish one to the left near the brown duck is a cormorant. Big one with the white neck is a heron of course.


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