# Cormorant2026 Programme

3 February 2026: Arrival, Welcome Ice-breaking session, some food, and evening talk by Gordon McMullan

4 February 2026: Talks, poster session, dinner and evening talk by Jens Gregersen

5 February 2026: Talks (09:00-11:00) followed by excursion and joint dinner.

6 February 2026: Talks and closing of the conference (programme ends at 16:00)

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The preliminary programme with the titles of the talks can be found HERE.

The titles of the posters announced, so far, can be found HERE.

[here = the link to the pdf with the programme]

Day 1 (3 February 2026):

• Welcome, Ice-breaking session, and some food
• Evening talk by Gordon McMullan

Day 2 (4 February 2026):

09-17: Talks - Main topics:

• Cormorants and their habitats
• Management of cormorants and cormorant-fish-fisheries conflicts
• Diet composition and cormorants as monitors of fish

17-20: Poster session and dinner

20-21: Evening talk

Day 3 (5 February 2026)

09-10: Talks - Main topics:

• Development of breeding populations
• The Pan-European counts of breeding and wintering cormorants in 2027

10-11: Cormorant Research Group Meeting

11:00: Excursion followed by a join dinner

Day 4 (6 February 2026)

09:00-15:20: Talks – Main topics:

• Shags: Population ecology, feeding ecology, and movements
• Pygmy Cormorants
• Great Cormorants:
  • Movements and migration
  • Development of numbers and distribution
  • Timing of breeding
• Double-crested Cormorant: Management of cormorant numbers and conflicts

15:20-16: Wrap up & closing of conference