Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1976 |
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) |
20 |
70 |
2 |
70 |
|
446 |
|
8 |
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55 |
|
57 |
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Cormorant (nests) |
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150 |
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Shag (nests) |
213 |
201 |
210 |
20 |
|
3 |
15 |
|
1 |
8 |
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497 |
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Gannet (nests) |
x |
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Eider (nests) |
3 |
x |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
30 |
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Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
1 |
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Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
c20 |
x |
c
5 |
c
20 |
|
x |
|
c
20 |
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c
5 |
2 |
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742 |
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Herring Gull (nests) |
500+ |
x |
300 |
160 |
|
x |
c75 |
c
400 |
50 |
c
100 |
c110 |
|
2,975 |
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Kittiwake (nests) |
c1500 |
c
480 |
94 |
275 |
|
351 |
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3,080 |
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Common Tern (nests) |
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|
635 |
|
30 |
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Arctic Tern (nests) |
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Roseate Tern (nests) |
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100 |
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Sandwich Tern (nests) |
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566 |
|
1 |
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Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
c50 |
64 |
12 |
10
s/ 38b |
|
15 |
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Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
2100+ |
1,700 |
500 |
25
s |
|
1
site |
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Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
c10 |
1,350 |
|
40 |
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380
AOB, 750 b |
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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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