Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2006 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) 58 157 7 176 0 334 0 240 0 41 240 0 298 1,551
Cormorant (nests) 0 109 62 0 0 102 25 0 49 0 0 0 0 347
Shag (nests) 36+ 118 65 198 0 165 15 6 1 57 0 0 485 1146+
Gannet (nests) x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) x x 0 76 0 x 3 x 0 112 60 6 823 1080+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 17-19 1? 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 >51
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 4 x 9 162 0 x 3 x 3 135 18+ 0 1,732 2066+
Herring Gull (nests) 76 x 51 917 0 x 38 x 12 257 152 0 2,851 4354+
Kittiwake (nests) 505 444 202 275 0 295 0 73 0 0 0 0 3,167 4,961
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 92 99 198
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 515 515
Roseate Tern (nests)                           5
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 169 175 62 123 0 53 0 5 0 0 0 0 2975, (3811 b) 3,562
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 3230 1672+ 1745 458 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,444 28,576
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) a few present x x 51 ind on land 0 1059 on land & sea 0 4 on sea 0 6 ashore 28 on sea 0 0 x 1148 b
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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