European Birds

Phalacrocoracidae : Cormorants

European Shag

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Farne Islands, England - May 2004

European Shag is an exclusively marine bird found around the coastal waters of Europe.  In Britain, its population increased by over 40% over the course of the 20th Centuary and about 60% of the estimated world population of 85000 pairs breed on the British Isles.

Farne Islands, England - May 2004

Farne Islands, England - May 2004

Farne Islands, England - June 2005