Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1993 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 182 6 267   522   129   30 130   266  
Cormorant (nests)   45 52     24 135   44          
Shag (nests) c 20 155 65 88   11 12 12 1 28     715  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests)   x   142   x 1 x   251 57      
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 3+   1                 7  
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 40 x x 1472 mixed   6850 mixed   x   196 mixed 10   1,259  
Herring Gull (nests) 140 x 270 1472 mixed 60 6850 mixed 47 x 15 196 mixed 190   2,059  
Kittiwake (nests) x 1,028 84 452   656   49         7,009  
Common Tern (nests)                   91   80 143  
Arctic Tern (nests)                     3   545  
Roseate Tern (nests)                            
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   10   200    
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x 61 13 65   64             3,022  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x 1,416 3,300 139 s   44             17,919  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x 1,000 100 x   650   35   7 1      
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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