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                  
Shag (nests) 193 379 284 64   4       22     1,639  
Gannet (nests) 18,162                          
Eider (nests)   x 2 x 1 x                
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+        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   407+        
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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