Cormorant

Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo Dílaskarfur

Cormorants were recorded in most surveys from late April until the last survey on 25th October. A peak of 13 birds was recorded in July. There were no records of birds breeding within the Andakíll Ramsar site, but as several juveniles were recorded during July and August. Birds were most frequently recorded fishing or roosting in the three southernmost subsites, Flæðhöfðasker (Est 6), Grjóteyrarklakkur (Est 1) and Kistufjörđur (Est 2).

Number of individuals 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Low-tide Rising-tide

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Week number and month

Figure 3-59. Number of Phalacrocorax carbo recorded during weekly low tide and rising tide estuarine surveys in the Andakíll Ramsar site between 12th March and 25th October 2017.

(a) Low tide (b) Rising tide

Figure 3-60. Relative abundance of Phalacrocorax carbo during weekly (a) low tide and (b) rising tide estuarine surveys in the Andakíll Ramsar site between 12th March and 25th October 2017. Dots are randomly positioned within each subsite. While each dot refers to a single bird, it refers to the bird’s presence in that subsite only, and not the bird’s actual location.