Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1974 |
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) |
|
90 |
2 |
c60 |
|
405 |
|
8 |
|
|
38 |
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Cormorant (nests) |
|
22 |
206 |
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Shag (nests) |
|
225 |
255 |
27 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
933 |
|
Gannet (nests) |
10,500 |
|
|
|
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Eider (nests) |
|
x |
1 |
188 |
|
x |
|
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
1 |
|
|
|
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Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
|
300-350 |
c
5 |
30 |
|
x |
|
c10 |
|
|
|
|
795 |
|
Herring Gull (nests) |
|
x |
c500 |
c
350 |
|
x |
40-50 |
250-300 |
|
6 |
106 |
|
6,955 |
|
Kittiwake (nests) |
|
c
450 |
141 |
272 |
|
421 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,840 |
|
Common Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750 |
|
20+ |
|
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Arctic Tern (nests) |
|
|
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Roseate Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
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Sandwich Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
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Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
|
46 |
11 |
1 |
|
12 |
|
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Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
|
c
1000 |
c
400 |
10-20 |
|
6 |
|
|
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Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
|
1,170 |
|
1
AOB |
|
490 |
|
|
|
|
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|
3,870 |
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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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