Bird Sighting

Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo · Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

01/01/2026 · Elton Hall Flash, Central area

Cormorant
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Date
01/01/2026
Location
Elton Hall Flash
Recording area
Central area
Grid reference
SJ 7246 5957
Observer
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Cormorant in our records

Records
6
First recorded
01/01/2021
Last recorded
01/01/2026
Places
Elton Hall Flash

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About the Cormorant

The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in much of the Old World, Australasia, and the Atlantic coast of North America.

Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern
Wingspan
140 cm
Weight
2–2.4 kg

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