Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
2003 |
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) |
119 |
168 |
9 |
194 |
0 |
321 |
0 |
206 |
0 |
35 |
205 |
0 |
248 |
1,505 |
Cormorant (nests) |
0 |
72 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
124 |
87 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
378 |
Shag (nests) |
24 |
197 |
124 |
254 |
0 |
139 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
968 |
1,794 |
Gannet (nests) |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
Eider (nests) |
x |
x |
|
68 |
8 |
x |
|
250 |
|
197 |
48 |
7 |
1,262 |
1,840+ |
Great B-b Gull (nests) |
1 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
37 |
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
x |
x |
0 |
300 |
0 |
x |
3 |
x |
2 |
135 |
14 |
0 |
1,253 |
1,707+ |
Herring Gull (nests) |
>50 |
x |
32 |
900 |
0 |
x |
46 |
x |
17 |
413 |
254 |
0 |
2,559 |
4,271+ |
Kittiwake (nests) |
910 |
450 |
124 |
273 |
0 |
304 |
0 |
57 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3,335 |
5,453 |
Common Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
157 |
60 |
221 |
Arctic Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
577 |
577 |
Roseate Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
Sandwich Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
58 |
58 |
Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
89 |
163 |
112 |
88 |
|
58 |
|
9+ |
|
|
|
|
3105
b |
519 |
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
2,820 |
2,119 |
1,987 |
595 |
|
35 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
26,722 |
34,279 |
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
x |
12,100
AOB |
25
ashore |
1466
AOB |
|
927
on land & sea |
|
x |
|
9
ashore, 4 at sea |
|
|
69,300
AOB |
82,866 AOB 965 ind |
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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