Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1992 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 142 5 191 0 564 0 163 0 24 115   266  
Cormorant (nests)   89 186 0 0 14 187 0 2   0      
Shag (nests) x 665 318 255 0 23 23 21 3 36 0   1,634  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests) x x x x   x   x   x 59+      
Great B-b Gull (nests) x 3+ 1 1     0              
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 25-30 x x x   x 0 x 1 108 mixed 6   751  
Herring Gull (nests) c150 x x x x x 45 x 23 108 mixed 140   1,462  
Kittiwake (nests) x x 223 489 0 678   38 0   0   6,916  
Common Tern (nests)                   98     94  
Arctic Tern (nests)                   1     492  
Roseate Tern (nests)                            
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   122   40    
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x 46 40 72   38             2,581  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x x c 3250 245   52             17,512  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x x c 15 x   1600 sea & land   50   4-6 offshore     20,106  
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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