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by **Pripyat** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:49 am

Looks like their moving up the Clyde, in search of grub. Not that
keen on old kebabs and pizza. Get down to the local supermarket
and get the cans of tuna and sardines at the ready.

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1383542006

And for those that might confuse them with seagulls, here's what
to look out for :wink:

by **GlasWeb** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:04 pm

Cormorants Common on Clyde Canal!

by **Pripyat** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:16 pm

Yip GlasWeb seen the Cormorants. Hope no one mistakes
a Guillemot for a penguin ::):

by **Schiehallion** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:22 pm

They're not due in Glasgow till the 24th October?

by **hazy** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:25 pm

Schiehallion wrote:They're not due in Glasgow till the 24th October?

Why. Do they have some kind of appointment. ::):

by **JayKay** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:27 pm

GlasWeb wrote:Cormorants Common on Clyde Canal!

Spotted one of those bad boys on the Clyde a couple of days ago, near the Squinty Bridge.

by **slow fade** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:01 pm

Schiehallion wrote:They're not due in Glasgow till the 24th October?

yep....tickets still avalable.

Great album BTW

by **The Voyageur** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:17 pm

There's loads of birds around, but you cannae find a shag for love nor money.

by **Sunflower** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:34 pm

Saw one today.

Fishing below Finnieston Bridge.

Though it could have been a cormorant. Anyone know how to tell the difference when you can only see one of them?

by **HollowHorn** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:52 pm

There was a cormorant fishing in the Cart at the Hammills in Paisley last week.

by **KonstantinL** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:52 pm

You see Cormorants quite a lot on the Kelvin.

As for the difference between a cormorant and a guillemot, a guillemot is smaller, has large white patches and it's black feathers are 'dull'.

A cormorant is quite a bit bigger, is mostly black and it's black feathers have a greeny sheen, kind of like those on a magpies tail.

by **Sunflower** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:29 pm

Ah.

It was a shag I saw. Unless it was the cormorant I can't tell it from.

by **e2wufos1** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:13 pm

Sunflower wrote::D Saw one today.

Fishing below Finnieston Bridge.

Though it could have been a cormorant. Anyone know how to tell the difference when you can only see one of them?

Is Finnieston Bridge the Squinty Bridge or one of the others?

Jim

by **Sunflower** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:50 am

I guess calling it the Clyde Arch would be clearer but somehow -
- I just can't...

Yes, the newest one.

by **conn75** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:59 am

Loads of cormorants along the Clyde around Dalmarnock bridge. Trees full of them like something out of The Birds. Couple of herons, loads of ducky things (the technical term).

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