Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1991 |
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) |
|
162 |
2 |
177 |
|
575 |
|
|
|
|
82 |
|
250 |
|
Cormorant (nests) |
|
83 |
207 |
|
1 |
|
220 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shag (nests) |
|
646 |
305 |
242 |
|
30 |
23 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
1,487 |
|
Gannet (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eider (nests) |
|
x |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
|
4-5 |
|
x |
|
|
|
Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
3+ |
|
1+ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
|
x |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
788 |
|
Herring Gull (nests) |
|
x |
x |
x |
141 |
x |
41 |
|
x |
|
125 |
|
1,447 |
|
Kittiwake (nests) |
|
225+ |
106 |
494 |
|
612 |
|
c20 |
|
|
|
|
6,535 |
|
Common Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
195 |
|
Arctic Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
435 |
|
Roseate Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sandwich Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
|
80+ |
32 |
91 |
|
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,633 |
|
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
|
(107+) |
2,400 |
197 |
|
48 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,834 |
|
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
|
1,550 |
5+ |
600 |
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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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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