A lot of shags at the lake

a hangout of shags.

http://www.nzbirds.com/more/nounss.html

technical term for the gramatical device is “collective noun”

maybe this is why the kids say “we aren’t dating, just hanging out”

Does a flock of shags have a more defining name, along the lines of a “murder of crows”?

If not, I’d like to nominate a brothel of shags, or possibly an orgy of shags.

Deref said :

I had a shag by the lake once.

I’m inclined to call BS here.

I had a shag by the lake once.

melon1234 said :

Ben_Dover, it’s shag time.

promises promises….

Cormorants, even?

Ben_Dover, it’s shag time.

One of them, it appears, is a flying …

A shag?

Sorry, maybe later!

Doo doo doodle loo doo dude doo doo!

And not a rock to be seen