Bence Mate / Two Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.

Markus Varesvuo / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) at nest site, Norway

Bence Mate / Pygmy cormorants (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) drying their feathers, Hortobay, hungary, August.

Laurent Geslin / Common cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) colony in trees, with industrial chimneys in the background, Walthamstow, England, UK

Juan Carlos Munoz / Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) and Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on small island, Isla Contoy National Park, Quintana Roo, Yuccatan Penninsula, Mexico

Juan Carlos Munoz / Double Breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) resting beak in plumage. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.

Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) with nesting material. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.

Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) with chick at nest, made from dead starfish. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.

Eric Baccega / Common cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) catching a european eel (Anguilla anguilla), captive, Alsace, France.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Two Common comorants (Phalocrocorax carbo) perched on statue drying out, Bushy Park, London, England, UK, November.

Erlend Haarberg / European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) flying between coastal rocks with a large wave crashing, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, February 2011

Florian Möllers / Chinese Fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), against the karst hills at the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.