Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2002 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) 33 196 18 206 0 419 0 166 0 37 222 0 338 1,635
Cormorant (nests) 0 78 101 0 0 102 91   0 0 0 0 0 372
Shag (nests) 25 233 102 186 0 104 9 3 4 52 0 0 676 1,394
Gannet (nests) x                         x
Eider (nests) x x   97 13 x 2     196 54 9 783 1,154+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 20 33
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 1 647 2 79 0 3,276 0 1,221 0 86 11 0 1,198 6,521
Herring Gull (nests) 87 823 82 1,296 2 3,580 48 621 18 371 225 1 2,367 9,521
Kittiwake (nests) 774 383 139 315 0 351 0 58 0 0 0 0 3,666 5,686
Common Tern (nests)                     12 55 2 69
Arctic Tern (nests)                         228 228
Roseate Tern (nests)                           2
Sandwich Tern (nests)                           0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 193 141 96 119   61   11+         3,215 3,836
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 2,960 1,558 990 611   27   0         24,767 30,913
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 10 x 27 222   1305+   58   40 b  9 ashore     x 1,631+
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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