Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2007 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) 48 106 9 203 0 315 0 172 0 32 218 0 281 1,384
Cormorant (nests) 0 79+ 106 0 0 93 29 0 28 0 0 0 0 335
Shag (nests) 28 199 73 169 0 187 14 7 0 57 0 0 399 1,133
Gannet (nests) x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) x x x x 0 x 2 x 0 x 61 5 x 68+
Great B-b Gull (nests) x 17 4 2 0 5 1 0  1-2 1+ 1 0 30 62
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x x x x 0 x 3+ x c7 x c18 0 1,665 1693+
Herring Gull (nests) x x x x 0 x c46 x  5-6 x c94 0 2,854 2999+
Kittiwake (nests) 377 508 96 244 0 399 0 116 0 0 0 0 3,424 5,164
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 83 222
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 525 525
Roseate Tern (nests)                           1
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 119 181 77 128 0 56 0 6 0 0 0 0 2840 (3635 b) 567
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 1120 1150 1395 588 0 16 0 1 close inshore 0 0 0 0 16,770 21,039
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x x x 262 on sea and land 0 970 on sea and land 0 39 on sea and land 0 12 close inshore 0 0 x 1,021
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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