Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1990 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 138 3 171   443       2     198  
Cormorant (nests)   116 80 0 49 0 182              
Shag (nests) 121 522 290 166   19 23     28     1,386  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests) 3 x   x   x       x   2    
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 6 0 1+   0                
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) c22 x c5 x   x       950 mixed     618  
Herring Gull (nests) c225 x 60+ x 50+ x 41     950 mixed     1,551  
Kittiwake (nests) x 850 187 598   556             8,129  
Common Tern (nests)                   141   c90 b mixed 49 mixed  
Arctic Tern (nests)                       285  
Roseate Tern (nests)                           5
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   418        
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x 60 33 75   60             2,368  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x c1500 2,400 89   70             16,778  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 17 550 c 5 150   700                
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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