Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1968 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)   40 1 28   x                
Cormorant (nests)     240                      
Shag (nests)   80 159                      
Gannet (nests)                            
Eider (nests)   x x x   x       x        
Great B-b Gull (nests)   1                        
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)   x x x   x                
Herring Gull (nests)   x x x   x       c30        
Kittiwake (nests)   c700 153 83   163                
Common Tern (nests)       c10           x        
Arctic Tern (nests)                            
Roseate Tern (nests)       ?1           x        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   405        
Razorbill (pairs/sites)   29+ 10                      
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)   900 90pr                      
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)   400   15   43                
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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