Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1999 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) 48 128 12 221   381   149   38 190   312 1,479
Cormorant (nests)   56 134     85 100   0?         375
Shag (nests) 30 131 76 61   21 4 3 0 33     259 618
Gannet (nests) x                         x
Eider (nests) x x   111 7 x 1 x   365 x 4 1,200 1,688+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 2 6 2 2   x   0   2 1   19 34+
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x 135 88 599   x 3 x 0 242 81   1,519 2,667+
Herring Gull (nests) x 1,146 132 1,399 7 x 50 x 11 242 182   3,115 6,284+
Kittiwake (nests) 1,307 511 115 225   349   116         4,196 6,819
Common Tern (nests)                     10 118 415 543
Arctic Tern (nests)                         737 737
Roseate Tern (nests)                           9
Sandwich Tern (nests)                       12 110 122
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 78 125 68 108   57   4         3,429 3,869
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 2,422 1,708 3,760 376   48             21,694 30,008
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x 28000 pairs 7 b 405 pairs   1641 b   40 b   22 b     x 28,405pr +1,710birds
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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