Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1961 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)   36   6   142         11      
Cormorant (nests)     108                      
Shag (nests)   x 87                   526  
Gannet (nests)                            
Eider (nests)   x x x   x       x        
Great B-b Gull (nests)                            
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)     x 1   x                
Herring Gull (nests)     x     x       3        
Kittiwake (nests)   x 53     2?                
Common Tern (nests)                   c12        
Arctic Tern (nests)                            
Roseate Tern (nests)       5+                    
Sandwich Tern (nests)       300           353        
Razorbill (pairs/sites)   x                        
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)                            
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 25-30 c110                        
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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