Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth |
1973 |
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 |
3 |
38-42 |
|
400 |
|
x |
|
|
30-35 |
|
|
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Cormorant (nests) |
|
12 |
230 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
Shag (nests) |
|
164 |
244 |
17 |
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
c25 |
|
|
1076 |
|
Gannet (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Eider (nests) |
|
c5 |
|
x |
|
6 |
|
c10 |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
Great B-b Gull (nests) |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) |
|
350 |
2 |
c40 |
|
x |
2 |
x |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Herring Gull (nests) |
|
4500-5000 |
c400 |
c250 |
|
x |
65 |
x |
c45 |
1 |
90 |
|
9,000 |
|
Kittiwake (nests) |
|
326 |
116 |
c215 |
|
407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
Common Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
780 |
|
|
|
|
Arctic Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
c20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Roseate Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
|
Sandwich Tern (nests) |
|
|
|
2+ |
|
|
|
|
|
c340 |
|
|
|
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Razorbill (pairs/sites) |
|
34 |
8 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
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Guillemot (birds on cliffs) |
|
560 |
c340 |
5-8 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) |
|
1,400 |
|
5 |
|
450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,550 |
|
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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