Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2009	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)	c44	147	14	204		247	0	180	0	30	235	0	358	1,459
Cormorant (nests)	0	50	52	0		75	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	269
Shag (nests)	c15	200	75	159		162	20	6	0	54	0	0	465	1,159
Gannet (nests)	55482	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x
Eider (nests)	12	204	x	70-100+		x	1	155	0	51	84	9+	x	586+
Great B-b Gull (nests)	x	21	3	2		5	1	0	1	1	1	0	38	73+
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)	x	x	x	x		x	c5	c2600	6	289	c16	0	x	2627+
Herring Gull (nests)	x	x	x	x		x	c50	c650	8	205	259	0	x	967+
Kittiwake (nests)	425	594	82	237		344	0	92	0	0	0	0	2,316	4,090
Common Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	122	89	211
Arctic Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	316	316
Roseate Tern (nests)														2
Sandwich Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Razorbill (pairs/sites)	c70	117	70	127		54	0	4	0	0	0	0	2400 (3008 b)	2,842
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)	c2550	c1800	c2200	524		49	0	0	0	0	0	0	16888 (14143 prs)	24,011
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)	a few	c4500 AOB	x	c800 AOB		1157 on sea	0	0?	0	11 b	0	0	45,000 AOB	50,000+ 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
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