Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1981 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) 70 77 3 83   491   60   2 3   138  
Cormorant (nests)   42 102   30         34        
Shag (nests) 154 252 220 43   6     3 14     1,163  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests) x x   108   x                
Great B-b Gull (nests)   3                        
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 25 250 c5 x   x   x         470  
Herring Gull (nests) 250 2000+ c220 x x x   400 x   x   2,500  
Kittiwake (nests) 1900+ x 96 456   195             6,115  
Common Tern (nests)       50           175     4  
Arctic Tern (nests)       2+                    
Roseate Tern (nests)                   2+        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   475        
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x 41 18+ 28   26             2,086  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x x 1,060 73   6             16,300  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 30 1,400   175   630                
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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