Lovely pictures - we had a lot of cormorants where I was born on the coast in the North of Scotland. I used to love watching them fishing and then sunning themselves to dry off. You've got some great pictures of them there !
We also get another type similar, called a shag -which I understand is a close relative of the cormorant.
Yes, Scotland is a beautiful country - hopefully you get the opportunity one day.
I'm so sorry to hear your cormorants are on the verge of extinction. We have lots of them, and they can be found all over the coast of Scotland. I even saw one fishing on an inland lake 3 or 4 weeks ago (although it was still very close to the sea). They are lovely birds !