Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2004 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) 40 136 7 204 0 306 0 205 0 24 206 0 236 1,364
Cormorant (nests) 0 85+ 96 0 0 137 82   0 0 0 0 0 400
Shag (nests) 46 324 111 272 0 153 10 4 5 78 0 0 687 1,690
Gannet (nests) 48,065                         48,065
Eider (nests) x x   69 2 x 2 x   142 62 8 1,101 1,386+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 38
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 4 x 0 90 0 x 5+ x c3 134 23+ 0 1,221 1,480+
Herring Gull (nests) 169 x 38 1,035 0 x c30 x c12 313 c189 0 2,428 4,214+
Kittiwake (nests) 660 501 126 217 0 358 0 65 0 0 0 0 3,876 5,803
Common Tern (nests)                     >5 171 62 238
Arctic Tern (nests)                         666 666
Roseate Tern (nests)                           4
Sandwich Tern (nests)                         151 151
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 158 171 105 101   54   5         2677 s/ 3313 b 3,271
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 2,260 1,780 1,744 566   35   0         22,970 29,355
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x x x x   78 ind on land &569 on sea   2 on land, 60 on sea   16 ind ashore, 8 at sea     x >733 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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