Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1970 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)   48 1 28   363                
Cormorant (nests)   3 220                      
Shag (nests)   104 194                      
Gannet (nests)                            
Eider (nests)   x x x   x       5        
Great B-b Gull (nests)   1                        
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)   x x x   x                
Herring Gull (nests)   x x x 141 1,000       130     13,000  
Kittiwake (nests)   550 116 104   342                
Common Tern (nests)       450           150        
Arctic Tern (nests)       c 50                    
Roseate Tern (nests)       c 100           7        
Sandwich Tern (nests)       201           50        
Razorbill (pairs/sites)   37 10     2                
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)   650 135     6                
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)   800       80             2,000  
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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