Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1985 |
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) |
59 |
113 |
2 |
100 |
|
x |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
156 |
|
Cormorant (nests) |
|
46 |
134 |
|
17 |
|
30-35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shag (nests) |
101 |
345 |
303 |
55 |
|
x |
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
1,524 |
|
Gannet (nests) |
21,591 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Eider (nests) |
x |
75+ |
7 |
94+ |
|
x |
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
|
Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
25+ |
c350 |
c1 |
c50 |
|
x |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
1,053 |
|
Herring Gull (nests) |
x |
1,500 |
x |
c500 |
x |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,165 |
|
Kittiwake (nests) |
c1950 |
x |
125 |
494 |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,510 |
|
Common Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
247 |
|
|
80 |
|
Arctic Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
2+ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87 |
|
Roseate Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
Sandwich Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
|
Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
x |
57 |
24+ |
49 |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,825 |
|
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
2500+ |
x |
c2200 |
142 |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,387 |
|
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
c20 |
2,400 |
c8
AOB |
260 |
|
x |
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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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