A common visitor often seen perched on the warning posts on Groynes are the Cormorants. These magnificent black birds with a white breast about the size of a chicken are often seen with their wings outstretched sitting
on the Groyne `buckets' . Since they are wonderful divers and swimmers it is suggested that they are drying their wings but nobody really knows for sure.
They often come in land and will regularly be seen on the Royal Military Canal. Only this year one was seen diving in the canal by the town bridge and up he came three minutes later with a huge eel in his beak with he
managed to swallow with some difficulty as it was as long as the bird himself.