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 |
|
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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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