Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2000 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) 68 144 5 154   417   257   30 234   367 1,676
Cormorant (nests)   85+ 133   0 101 121   0 0       440
Shag (nests) 28 208 46 123   58 7 3 4 32     541 1,050
Gannet (nests) x                         x
Eider (nests) x x   x 3 x 1 1 1 263 59 x 892 1,220+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 3 1 0   x   1   0 1   23 30
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 25 x 3 179   x 2+ x  1-2 230 16+   1,442 1,898+
Herring Gull (nests) 210 x 36 1,716 3 x 62 x 22 231 327   2,952 5,559+
Kittiwake (nests) 1,000 539 132 343   365   111         4,618 7,108
Common Tern (nests)                     x 75 303 378+
Arctic Tern (nests)                         908 908
Roseate Tern (nests)                           12-13
Sandwich Tern (nests)                         300 300
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 83 200 87 110   64   11         3,105 3,660
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 3,570 2,878 2,523 643   73             27,045 36,732
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x x x 398   1,373   52   15     x 1,838+
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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