Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1995 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 203 8 303   514   218   34 184   296  
Cormorant (nests)   82 179 0   112 5 2 97          
Shag (nests) x 171 81 84   18 4 4 1 20     503  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests) x x 4 216   x 3 x 2 250 63      
Great B-b Gull (nests) x 3+ 2 3   3   1         7  
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x x 230 mixed 1848 mixed 6 mixed x c 3 x   141 6+   1,635  
Herring Gull (nests) x x 230 mixed 1848 mixed 6 mixed x 49 x 12 141 280   2,554  
Kittiwake (nests) x 951 210 435   551   190         7,603  
Common Tern (nests)         0         11   76 181  
Arctic Tern (nests)                   0   0 608  
Roseate Tern (nests)                            
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   1   4 0  
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x 108 47 c 80   56   2         4,248  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x 2,122 3,170 289   48   0         25,754  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x 4000+ c150 AOB 370   c 1200   30+   13        
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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