By MICHAEL VINEY

RECENTLY I have noticed an early morning flight of up to 40 cormorants flying south through Dalkey Sound

RECENTLY I have noticed an early morning flight of up to 40 cormorants flying south through Dalkey Sound. In the evening just before dark they return in V formation. We never see them fishing in groups.

John R. Roy, Dalkey, Co Dublin

Cormorants have communal roosting sites, but they fish dispersed over the sea.

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