Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2005 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) 45 62 4 127 0 302 0 131 0 41 201 0 276 1,189
Cormorant (nests) 0 112+ 55 0 0 85 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 303
Shag (nests) 18 131 49 115 0 161 11 4 3 52 0 0 281 825
Gannet (nests) x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) x x 0 78 0 x 1 x 0 130 63 3 1,070 1345+
Great B-b Gull (nests) ? 6 0 2 birds 0 3 1? 1 0 1 1 0 32 46
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x x 0 131 0 x c1-2 x 2 109 19 0 1,320 1583+
Herring Gull (nests) x x 27 957 1 x 38 x 8 319 180 0 2,094 3624+
Kittiwake (nests) 563 492 94 257 0 329 0 66 0 0 0 0 3,790 5,591
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 120 65 195
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 609 609
Roseate Tern (nests)                           4
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 198 132 73 69 0 49 0 4 0 0 0 0 c3800 (4713b) 5,238
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 1860 1452 1578 701 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 22,667 28,277
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 10 ind on land x x x 0 548 ind mostly on sea 0 2 on land, 2 on sea 0 4 ind ashore, 26 at sea 0 0 x  >592 inds
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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