Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1987 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) 91 111 4 91   500   138   12 68      
Cormorant (nests)   109 83   c20   137              
Shag (nests) 162 465 c250 64   10+ 28     24     1,916  
Gannet (nests)                            
Eider (nests)   182 3 163   x   128 1 118 21      
Great B-b Gull (nests)   2                     2  
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 30 930 10 140   c1750   730   60 c10   520  
Herring Gull (nests) 325 2,280 220 410 170 c4000 28 1,040 22 50 c110   2,117  
Kittiwake (nests) 2,400 x c200 726   483             6,765  
Common Tern (nests)                   210   60 76  
Arctic Tern (nests)                         112  
Roseate Tern (nests)                   20        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   656   6    
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 91 52 c35 38 b   32+             1,887  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 2,700 x 860+ 79   49             17,546  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 14 1,165 89 x   860                
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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