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                
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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