{"id":1545,"date":"2009-12-29T21:12:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T21:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1545"},"modified":"2013-11-12T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T19:24:09","slug":"the-cormorants-of-chichester-marina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/the-cormorants-of-chichester-marina\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cormorants of Chichester Marina"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This is the second part of our visit to Chichester. As I hinted last night, the outstanding moments of the trip were provided by the cormorants which inhabit the marina. A number of them were sitting out on a jetty on the south side of the marina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712095735.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712095735.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in any group, there&#39;s always one who wants to take the higher ground, to show off and generally try to steal the scene&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712095878.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712095878.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712095886.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712095886.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Others are more content to drift with the tide, to float serenely along the calm waters of life&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712095938.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712095938.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some choose to tell stories about the one that got away: &quot;It was this big, I&#39;m telling you.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712096089.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712096089.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And some are foolish enough to believe the storyteller&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712096110.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712096110.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to bow their head in admiration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712096111.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712096111.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And all the while the children sit quietly, and listen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/cormorantchi\/album\/slides\/cormorant_2712095483.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cormorant_2712095483.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"cormorants at Chichester Marina\" \/><\/a><br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><i>Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS 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