Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1979 |
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 |
57 |
2 |
101 |
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523 |
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102 |
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Cormorant (nests) |
|
98 |
65 |
|
36 |
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32 |
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Shag (nests) |
188 |
215 |
160 |
25 |
|
4 |
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14 |
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966 |
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Gannet (nests) |
x |
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Eider (nests) |
x |
96+ |
1 |
c25 |
2 |
x |
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|
4 |
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Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
c25 |
225+ |
x |
x |
|
x |
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|
935 |
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Herring Gull (nests) |
200 |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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|
3,950 |
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Kittiwake (nests) |
2,150 |
510 |
68 |
258 |
|
236 |
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4,610 |
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Common Tern (nests) |
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500 |
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1 |
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Arctic Tern (nests) |
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Roseate Tern (nests) |
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40 |
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Sandwich Tern (nests) |
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|
604 |
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Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
67
b |
64 |
c20 |
17 |
|
23 |
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Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
2000+ |
1,480 |
860 |
25 |
|
5 |
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Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
c15 |
1,150 |
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100+ |
|
660 |
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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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Revised figure from CEH,June 2019 |
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