Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1984 |
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) |
122 |
77 |
3 |
130 |
|
563 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
175 |
|
Cormorant (nests) |
|
35 |
129 |
|
43 |
|
|
|
|
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|
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Shag (nests) |
193 |
379 |
284 |
64 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
1,639 |
|
Gannet (nests) |
18,162 |
|
|
|
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|
|
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Eider (nests) |
|
x |
2 |
x |
1 |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
60 |
140 |
c2 |
c60 |
|
x |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
1,487 |
|
Herring Gull (nests) |
400+ |
c1500 |
c125 |
c350 |
x |
x |
|
|
|
x |
|
|
2,230 |
|
Kittiwake (nests) |
c2450 |
610 |
101 |
506 |
|
257 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,012 |
|
Common Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
216 |
|
|
36 |
|
Arctic Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
Roseate Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4+ |
|
|
|
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Sandwich Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
407+ |
|
|
|
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Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
110
b |
42 |
21 |
44 |
|
30+ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,051 |
|
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
4,000 |
1,350 |
c3000 |
159 |
|
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,005 |
|
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
7 |
700 |
20 |
325 |
|
775 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
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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