Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2001 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) 53 185 7 179   365   178   16 224   369 1,576
Cormorant (nests)   78+ 90   0 82 117   0 5   0   372
Shag (nests) 39 237 99 139   78 7 5 3 41     734 1,382
Gannet (nests) x                         x
Eider (nests) x x   56 4 x 4     253 51 7 947 1,322+
Great B-b Gull (nests) x 3 1 0   1   1   1 1   27 35+
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x x 3 51   x 0 x 1 91 12+   1,203 1,361+
Herring Gull (nests) x x 117 840 2 x 52 x 21+ 395 227   2,845 4,499+
Kittiwake (nests) 670 440 117 243   309   42         3,639 5,460
Common Tern (nests)                     7 24 132 163
Arctic Tern (nests)                         916 916
Roseate Tern (nests)                           2
Sandwich Tern (nests)                         c500 500
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 137 136 96 89   71   x         4,114 b 529sites + 4,114 birds
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 3,650 3,180 2,180 682   81             28,103 37,876
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x x 14 x   2,337   10   21     x 2,382+
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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