Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1998 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) x x x 217   332   190   32 215   365 1,351+
Cormorant (nests)   x 125   0 75 113   0         313+
Shag (nests) x x x 86   25 3 2 2 25     621 764+
Gannet (nests) x                         x
Eider (nests) x x x 250 x x 1 x   x x 6 866 1,123+
Great B-b Gull (nests) x x x 2   1   0   1 1   c 14 5+
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x x c60 mixed 660   x 2 x 0 x 15   1,533 2,210+
Herring Gull (nests) x x c60 mixed 1,540 x x 50 x 15-20 x x   2,607 4,212+
Kittiwake (nests) x x x 243   385   129         4,306 5,063+
Common Tern (nests)                   9 10 > 63 127 209
Arctic Tern (nests)                         c451 451
Roseate Tern (nests)                           8
Sandwich Tern (nests)                         2 2
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x x x 86   75   2         3,859 b 163+  +3,859 b
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x x 3,200 215 s   84             26,963 30,247+  +215sites
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x x x 1,100   1,400   19   12     42,000 44,531+
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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