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    Today along the estuary a rather large bird glided in with a splosh. I watched it for a while wondering what it was , then I saw it diving and I knew it was a Cormorant, I waited for a while taking snaps then he came onto the shore to preen and dry off. here is a nice photo of him drying his wings
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    Strange but quite intriguing birds Chocky, I managed to get a couple of photos last year, they are on the www.wellenkamp.com site, but they were taken from a distance.

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    They are quite big and rather not goodlooking but yeas intriguing. When they dive they come up quite away from where they went down

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    They have a few down at the nearby gravel pits, must go down there during the summer and see if I can get some shots.
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    Gravel pits. I know they can also like Herons fish in fresh water Tere are a few at kelsaey Park in Kent. I must upload our local heron . He visits the park and you wouldn''t believe this hege bird nests in tree tops.
    Are there fish in the gravel pit?

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    Yes Chocky, it is owned by an angling club, so the Cormorants are not too popular.
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    Oh .I was picturing a quarry gravel pit.
    No The Cormorant would not be welcom there then
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    Thought I would try this
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    Added for you Chocky.

    Now that's strange, I added it at 08:00 this morning and it showed a picture which would indicate that the video is there, but searching with the number says no video found.
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    Thank you Rolf
    It works .
    I copied the html imbeded code and patsed it into the links page of my website and then reuploaded my links page and it works there too.

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