| Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth | ||||||||||||||
| 1966 | 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 | 14 | 233 | ||||||||||
| Cormorant (nests) | 30 | 193 | ||||||||||||
| Shag (nests) | 85+ | 117 | 709 | |||||||||||
| Gannet (nests) | ||||||||||||||
| Eider (nests) | x | 5 | c15 | x | x | |||||||||
| Great B-b Gull (nests) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lesser B-b Gull (nests) | 150+ | 10+ | x | |||||||||||
| Herring Gull (nests) | thousands | several hundred | many dozens | 180 | x | c 45 | ||||||||
| Kittiwake (nests) | 540 | 117 | 31 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Common Tern (nests) | good numbers | several hundred | ||||||||||||
| Arctic Tern (nests) | good numbers | 1+ | ||||||||||||
| Roseate Tern (nests) | c 20 | several hundred | ||||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern (nests) | 315 | |||||||||||||
| Razorbill (pairs/sites) | c 40 | 2+ | ||||||||||||
| Guillemot (birds on cliffs) | c 350 | 64pr | ||||||||||||
| Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) | c 200 | 11 | 40 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Click on the tabs below to select a year | Revised figure from CEH,June 2019 | |||||||||||||
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