| Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth | ||||||||||||||
| 1969 | 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) | 51 | 22 | 1 | 31 | 322 | 37 | 46 | |||||||
| Cormorant (nests) | 2 | 150 | ||||||||||||
| Shag (nests) | 186 | 94 | 158 | 880 | ||||||||||
| Gannet (nests) | 8,977 | |||||||||||||
| Eider (nests) | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Great B-b Gull (nests) | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Lesser B-b Gull (nests) | 50 | 275 | c 5 | x | 300 | 5 | 2 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Herring Gull (nests) | 1,050 | 5,500 | 550 | c 100 | 750 | 5 | 30 | 10 | 15,000 | |||||
| Kittiwake (nests) | 1,650 | 544 | 110 | 88 | 187 | 3,095 | ||||||||
| Common Tern (nests) | 150 | 55 | 100+ | |||||||||||
| Arctic Tern (nests) | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Roseate Tern (nests) | 50 | 5 | c 50 | |||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern (nests) | 60 | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Razorbill (pairs/sites) | 20 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 350 | |||||||||
| Guillemot (birds on cliffs) | 500 | 620 | 97 | 8 | 9,000 | |||||||||
| Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) | 50 | 410 | 2 AOB | 3 | 80 | 2,500 | ||||||||
| 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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