I have observed a small colony of Cormorants on the rocky islands next to the end of the Racou beach at Argelès-sur-mer. Their body size, clearly smaller than the body size of the Great Cormorant that I am used to observing in the Paris area, allows me to think that they are Common Shags of the Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii subspecies. They were too far to take a picture, you should have used a digiscopy equipment. I have seen some boats, like sea kayaks, passing very close without disturbing the birds. I did not try not to loose my camera in the water. The weather became a little cloudy and one of the European shag came to fish in front of me. I have been able to shoot a single picture. The narrow beak confirms the identification.

Here is a specimen of the Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis subspecies observed on the Bréhat island. I am again a little too far for this observation.

The rock called "La Fauconnière", next to the près du cap Fréhel, is used as a resting place for many sea birds. And if you want to paint your house in white, hire an European slag.

The rock called "La Fauconnière", next to the cap Fréhel, is also a nesting site for European Shags. I should have come a little earlier in the season to observe the broods.