Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

STATUS AT LONGHAM LAKES

Year-round resident, not breeding.

Cormorants (Dominic Couzens)

Cormorants at their usual roost, Longham Lakes, 26th October 2011 (Dominic Couzens)

The table gives maximum totals per month for the site as a whole, including the pylons near the lake where these birds often roost (above).

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002 1
2003 2 3 10
2004 8 5 1 11 3 4 5 8 19
2005 6 1 4 1 6 4 2 10 20 30
2006 28 19 15 8 2 6 2 5 9 18 17
2007 5 27 8 6 4 2 3 5 19 17 41
2008 24 10 1 4 2 7 15 39
2009 15 25 28 7 3 4 6 6 12 72 20
2010 24 41 2 1 25 39 35 138 190 38
2011 9 13 16 3 1 1 2 22 18 45 26 40
2012 65 39 26 13 2 5 6 16 19 24 28 17
2013 19 5 5 2 1 2 6 19 14 11 21 19
2014 22 17 12 6 3 10 10 16 43 73 93
2015 30 16 14 2 4 5 21 32 27 14 22