Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2014 Bass Rock Craigleith Lamb Fidra Eyebr-oughty Inchkeith Carr Craig Inchcolm Haystack Inch-mickery + Cow & Calves Inch Garvie / Forth Bridge Long Craig May Isle Total
Fulmar (AOS) c41 118 9 171   240 0 167 0 36 220   325 1,327
Cormorant (nests) 0 41 56+ 0   83 c66 0 0 0 0 0 0 246
Shag (nests) 12    (SSC 16) 137 49 162   182 c21 18 0 65 0 0 338 984
Gannet (nests)    75,259 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0   0 0 75,259
Eider (nests) 2+ 63+ x 26+   x 0 0 0 26 37 3 975 1,132+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 0 31 1 3-4   c14 1 x 0 5 1 0 51 107
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 2 c190 x 155   x c35 x c21 131 c35 0 2,047 2,616+
Herring Gull (nests) c71+ c1500 x 743   x c55 x c15 218 c288 0 4,200 7,090+
Kittiwake (nests) c324 300 84 167   273 0 65 0 0 0 0 2,464 3,677
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 131  10-15 141
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0  400-405 400
Roseate Tern (nests)                           0
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) c124 211 65 170   118 0 12 0 0 0 0 2987 (3796 b) 3,563
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) c2050 c2910 c2800 c640   322 0 14 0 0 0 0 16602 (14248pr) 25,338
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 2+ b 5475 AOB 63 b 1026 AOB   740+ b 0 51 b 0 25 b 0 0 x 6,501+ AOB
AOB/AOS/AOT=Apparently occupied burrows/sites/territories; x=birds present but not counted; 0=none breeding;  c=circa; mixed=two species (eg Herring and LBB Gulls) counted together; b=birds; s=sites
SSC=Includes nests not seen from the boat, only seen after landing
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