Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1986 |
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) |
75 |
140 |
2 |
160 |
|
656 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
150 |
|
Cormorant (nests) |
|
94 |
104 |
|
30 |
|
36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shag (nests) |
75 |
388 |
301 |
67 |
|
20 |
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
1,310 |
|
Gannet (nests) |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eider (nests) |
x |
30+ |
1 |
150+ |
|
x |
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
|
Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
c50 |
c
380 |
7
adults |
480
mixed |
|
8000
mixed |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
682 |
|
Herring Gull (nests) |
c500 |
1,000 |
350
adults? |
480
mixed |
|
8000
mixed |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
1,943 |
|
Kittiwake (nests) |
x |
c
725 |
167 |
532 |
|
369 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,801 |
|
Common Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
202 |
|
|
22 |
|
Arctic Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
4-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
128 |
|
Roseate Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
Sandwich Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
416 |
|
|
|
|
Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
36 |
40 |
21 |
48 |
|
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,864 |
|
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
x |
2,000 |
2,750 |
176 |
|
35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,151 |
|
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
10+ |
300 |
c56
AOB |
190 |
|
816 |
|
|
|
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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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