Day 13.278: Birds from the beach

We saw a lot of birds offshore as we walked on the beach - but most of them looked like this:

A few, however, like this cormorant were much closer:

We saw it surface a few minutes after this just as a wave was about to break in the same spot - it took a minute to collect itself after shaking off the results of that, much like I would have done.

Flying above the water is a safer option:

These cormorants were looking a bit shifty as the tide came in and overtook the rock they had chosen to stand on:

We couldn't help thinking that the one who had decided to share this rock with the gulls was looking a bit smug as it glanced in their direction: