Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1972 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)   53 2 50   449         20      
Cormorant (nests)   7 245             25        
Shag (nests)   99 225 7                    
Gannet (nests)                            
Eider (nests)   x x 26   x                
Great B-b Gull (nests)   1                        
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)   250 5 10   x       6     2,100  
Herring Gull (nests)   x c300 200   x       200 106   15,000  
Kittiwake (nests)   x 121 186   c400             3,400  
Common Tern (nests)       80           450        
Arctic Tern (nests)       20                    
Roseate Tern (nests)                   75        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   250        
Razorbill (pairs/sites)   c 36 6 1   c5                
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)   c 900 c200 2   8                
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)   350   6   350             4,200  
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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