Guy Edwardes / Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) perched on termite mound, Khwai, Botswana.

Ann & Steve Toon / Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) flying from water with fish, Chobe river, Botswana.

Guy Edwardes / Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) drying wings whilst perched in tree, Khwai, Botswana.

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus), Uganda

Ingo Arndt / Eurasian Cormorant colony (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Danube Delta, Romania

Ingo Arndt / Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) colony nesting in dead trees, Danube Delta, Romania

Ingo Arndt / Eurasian Cormorant (phalacrocorax carbo) adult flying, Danube Delta, Romania

Kim Taylor / Long-tailed cormorant (Phalcrocorax africanus) on Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). Gambia, Africa

Tony Heald / Reed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) juvenile with fish prey, Chobe National Park Botswana November 2016

David Pattyn / Great egret (Ardea alba) and two Reed cormorants (Microcarbo africanus) perched in a tree, Gambia Africa, May.

Neil Aldridge / Reed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) flying low over wetlands, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Reed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) flying low over wetlands, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Johannesburg, South Africa.