What is this cormorant eating?

[Tiggrx]

Sorry not a very clear pic but can anyone make out what this cormorant has caught? It certainly tried (with much difficulty) to swallow it, but not sure if it succeeded in the end or not. Somehow I can't get it too look like a fish in my mind

[natureguy]

no idea what it is, but it doesn't look like a fish to me either.

[sunnydale]

It almost looks like some sort of vegetation to me. I think he/she is nest building!

[Gill Catton]

maybe its a fish that got scooped up with a big widge of filamentous algae?

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by sunnydale

It almost looks like some sort of vegetation to me. I think he/she is nest building!

Not sure about that, it certainly swallowed most of it at one point - though it then had it in it's beak again afterwards. Also, not sure if cormorant's nest in the area (a gravel pit on the Bucks/Middlesex border)

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

maybe its a fish that got scooped up with a big widge of filamentous algae?

Now that does sound like a possibility.

I was beginning to wonder if it was a signal crayfish, but I don't think it is