| Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 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) | 60 | 52 | 1 | 77 | 410 | 38 | 94 | |||||||
| Cormorant (nests) | 80 | 129 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Shag (nests) | 202 | 208 | 143 | 23 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 769 | |||||
| Gannet (nests) | x | |||||||||||||
| Eider (nests) | 31 | x | c20 | x | x | |||||||||
| Great B-b Gull (nests) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Lesser B-b Gull (nests) | 12 | 380 | c 4 | c 40 | 500+ | 10+ | 10 | 855 | ||||||
| Herring Gull (nests) | 150 | 3000+ | x | c 450 | 2400+ | 112 | 350-400 | c50 | 82 | 3,880 | ||||
| Kittiwake (nests) | c2200 | 450 | 55 | 243 | 291 | |||||||||
| Common Tern (nests) | 561+ | |||||||||||||
| Arctic Tern (nests) | ||||||||||||||
| Roseate Tern (nests) | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern (nests) | 561 | |||||||||||||
| Razorbill (pairs/sites) | 40 | 51 | 9+ | 19 | 18 | |||||||||
| Guillemot (birds on cliffs) | 2500-3000 | 1900+ | 1,500 | 14 s | 4 | |||||||||
| Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) | c40 | c1500 AOB | 10-20 AOB,100 b | c394 AOB, 1000 b | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Click on the tabs below to select a year | Revised figure from CEH,June 2019 | |||||||||||||
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