Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1994 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) 84 165 2 243   473 0 177 0 25 159 0 279  
Cormorant (nests) 0 108 131 0   58 4 0 133 0 0 0 0  
Shag (nests) 13 165 36 73   10 0 2+ 1 10 0 0 403  
Gannet (nests) 34,397                          
Eider (nests) 4 153 6 220   323 1 258   313 60      
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 7 1 3   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6  
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 60 934 55 492 0 2,607 2 1,669 0 108 11 0 1,270  
Herring Gull (nests) 230 2,385 130 1,149 45 4,977 38 1,615 16 108 210 0 2,122  
Kittiwake (nests) x 564 160 326   440 0 97 0 0 0   3,751  
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 92 5 48 144  
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 540  
Roseate Tern (nests)                            
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 98   31 0  
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x 76 36 85   55 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,034  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x 1,940 3,200 304   59 0 0 0 0 0 0 19,186  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x 550 1+ 370 AOB   c 300 0 c50 0 10 0 0    
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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