Thread started to discuss what can be done to control the damage by the cormorant and what us as fishing persons can do if we put our minds to it.

Please post any links or vids on this thread regarding cormorant information, control or damage.

I found this on the EA

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ya4_615574.pdf

Also this site

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www.cormorantwatch.org

The Angling Trust has launched a new web site for you and your fishing friends to record sightings of cormorants, goosanders and mergansers throughout the UK: www.cormorantwatch.org/

The new site is easy to use - it takes less than a minute to record your sighting.

Don't forget to bookmark www.cormorantwatch.org/, keep your eyes peeled and come back every time you want to report a sighting.

The Angling Trust succeeded in persuading the Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon to carry out a review of the cormorant licensing procedure and he has stated that he is prepared to take "bold decisions". As part of this review, the Trust needs data on the abundance of cormorants to convince the government to take decisive action. So now it's your turn - go to www.cormorantwatch.org/ and make a difference.

Angling Trust Chief Executive Mark Lloyd commented "This is a moment when anglers need to stand up and be counted to persuade politicians to simplify licensing procedures and allow greater controls on cormorant numbers - a decision which could affect the future of fishing for the next generation. All anglers who see one of these birds in the next few months must make the effort to visit cormorantwatchch.org and put a pin in the map, whether they are a member of the Angling Trust or not."


Please go to www.cormorantwatch.org/ and report your sighting.

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how many can you count?



this taken from the weir at Heaton Mersey, doesn't make for good viewing, last year there was the odd one or two.


this one looking out toward Burnage Rugby Club, believe it or not, this is the mini Golf Course.

hi drynetter. i cant think why there are more cormorants at heaton mersey than the tame+goyt. they all hang around that same pylon.. billy

This is want we need, As far as I can tell it's 100% legal and no licence needed.

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hi all.. this is what you need.??? i mean whats in her hand glenn..ha ha lol. billy

Maybe this chap with his AK47 can help



Will scare off the poachers as well

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Originally Posted by admin

maybe this chap with his ak47 can help will scare off the poachers as well

is he eating a plate of boilies.????????

Heinz beanz. Oh, and the model for Drynetter's "The Scream".

Originally Posted by billyfish

hi drynetter. i cant think why there are more cormorants at heaton mersey than the tame+goyt. they all hang around that same pylon.. billy

I think they know that that pylon is pretty safe. On the other side of the river, difficult to approach from any direction. Also maybe they visit Gosjac's new carp pond, which is within easy gliding distance from the pylon, and full of meal sized carp. Dunno what the killing range of a 12 bore is, but I suspect up on the pylons they would be fairly safe, even from that.

There is another big roost on the Etherow, just upstream from the country park, maybe 200 yards from that bird hide. Also hard to approach.

Originally Posted by billyfish

hi all.. this is what you need.??? i mean whats in her hand glenn..ha ha lol. billy

What hand, I havent noticed one yet and I keep looking!!!