Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1971 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)   47 2 46   431                
Cormorant (nests)     280                      
Shag (nests)   94 196 1                    
Gannet (nests)                            
Eider (nests)   x 2 x   x                
Great B-b Gull (nests)   1                        
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)   c 400 4 7   100+       2        
Herring Gull (nests)   x 250 73 162 1000+       120     13,140  
Kittiwake (nests)   450 125 c170   407             3,120  
Common Tern (nests)       210           1        
Arctic Tern (nests)       25                    
Roseate Tern (nests)       88                    
Sandwich Tern (nests)       c310           2        
Razorbill (pairs/sites)   28 6+     4                
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)   700 c200                      
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)   600+       110             3,500  
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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