Angling Trust Cormorant Scaring Scarecrow Mannequin Hampshire Avon

This was an unusual assignment

Substituted for a mannequin that's pretending to be a human that's helping to humanely keep the cormorants away from angling fish stocks.

The angling trust have these scarecrow mannequins dotted around the country to simulate a human presence, but the cormorants are clever birds, and after a while, when they've deduced that there is no threat, they become acclimated to the mannequins and ignore them.

I was there to initially pretend to be one of the scarecrow mannequins, and then move so that the the cormorants would become wary again, and it seemed to work. The cormorants kept their distance and a couple circled around me, having a good look.