A breeding Shag (Gulosus aristotelis) by its nest on cliffs at Braes peninsula, a red listed bird, The Braes, Portree, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) with young. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK

Breeding pair of Shags (Gulosus aristotelis) by their nest on cliffs at Braes peninsula, a red listed bird, The Braes, Portree, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) with young. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) feeding young. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK

Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis). Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) with a chick, on Staple Island, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shags on nests (Phalacrocorax aristotelis). Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK

A Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) with chicks, on Staple Island, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), on Staple Island, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, northeast England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), on Staple Island, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, northeast England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on rocks on Isle of Canna, Inner Hebrides and Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on rocks on Isle of Canna, Inner Hebrides and Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Shag chick. Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Sark, British Isles

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) and shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) sharing a rock. Hebrides, Scotland.

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) portrait on old pier support. Taken at the top of Loch Etive in Glen Etive on an old pier. Shags feathers are not fully waterproof so they spend a lot of time preening and drying out of the water , Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) portrait on old pier support. Taken at the top of Loch Etive in Glen Etive on an old pier. Shags feathers are not fully waterproof so they spend a lot of time preening and drying out of the water. Scotland

Shag chicks. Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Sark, British Isles

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Juvenile Shag on a rock at the sea, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Mallorca, Spain, Europe

European Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on shore, Varanger Peninsula, Norway

A preening Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) off the coast of Northumberland, UK.