Juvenile Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis

[Chocky]

Drying out on the rocks by the Exmouth docks

[AgingEyes]

Hmmm...never seen one of them before...thank you for sharing !

[WesternGuy]

Chocky, interesting looking bird. Never having seen one, nor heard the name and being the curious type that I am by nature...I googled it and found the following for us across the pond - interesting on its relationship to cormorants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant

Cheers,

WesternGuy

[Chocky]

Thank you for your comments
Yes they are slightly smaller that Cormorants and in breading season the mail has a nice crest .
These birds are all related to the Pelican