This is a spoonbill video from England.
According to Dutch wildlife ranger Erik Jansen, this spring the number of spoonbill nests on Schiermonnikoog island has doubled from fifteen last year to about thirty.
The number of great cormorant nests went from five to fifteen.
Dear Kitty. Some blog 
Mmm, In Sweden they cull Great Cormorants, there are two things Swedes don’t like it’s Wolves and Great Cormorants!
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In other European countries, there is also the prejudice that cormorants eat mainly ecomically valuable fish. Not true, as research in Finland shows:
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I’ll look tater at your link, very valuable, since I’m in war with our communities Cormorant haters. Sea Eagles you can say to the antis take a big toll of Cormorants as well!
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Tomorrow I’ll post your link at my blog together with the Swedish Great Cormorant issue! Ann
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Hi Ann, thank you! In the Netherlands, and probably in other countries, the favourite prey of cormorants is the ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus, a spiny, commercially not valuable fish.
Here are scholarly articles on what cormorants eat:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Gymnocephalus+cernuus+cormorant&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=D-CaT-n0FcO80QWUoYmaDw&ved=0CBcQgQMwAA
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I’m a bit late today, but will post your links on my main site tomorrow withe the headline a Note from Dear Kitty! OK?
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Yes it is OK, and thanks so much 🙂
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Otto Overdijk @Schiermonnik00g
Jonge lepelaar van twee en een halve maand oud vliegt zelfstandig van Schiermonnikoog naar het Deense Jutland. 435 km trainingsvluchtje.
24 July 2012
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