Anyone know what sea bird this is?

[PickledMuffin]

We're in The Netherlands at the moment. Just curious of what bird this is? It seemed to be fishing using this method with its wings.

The swan?

Cormorant

Cormorant. Or a shag maybe.

Cormorant if it has large pale patches on its face, shag if it doesn’t.

They often stand with their wings out like that. People used to say they’re drying their wings, but a sea bird’s wings never get wet. There are several theories as to why they do it.

The one in the 'come on then!' pose?

It's a cormorant drying his wings after diving for food. I love them!

Thanks for the replies. The black one on the post

it does have white patches on its face. thank you, i thought it was fishing, drying its wings makes perfect sense.

It’s a cormorant 😊

brilliant, thank you

In Japan, cormorants are trained by fishermen to catch fish for them.

Lovely birds. Cormorants spread their wings to dry because, unlike most other water fowl, they cannot waterproof their feathers.