Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2018 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) x x x x   x x x 0 x x 0 283 -17%,
Cormorant (nests) 0 x x 0   x x 0 x 0 0 0 0 -7%,
Shag (nests) x x x x   x x x 0 x 0 0 404 -12%,
Gannet (nests)  x  0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) x x x x   x 0 x 0 x x x 1,183 x
Great B-b Gull (nests) x x x x   x x x x x x 0 79 -7%,
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x x x x   x x x x x x 0 1,684 -6%,
Herring Gull (nests) x x x x   x x x x x x 0 3,398 -1%,
Kittiwake (nests) x x x x   x 0 x 0 0 0 0 2,516 -23%,
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0
0
x 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 17 -48%,
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 261 -69%,
Roseate Tern (nests)                            
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -100%,
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x x x x   x 0 x 0 x 0 0 3738 (4867 Ind) -1%,
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x x x x   x 0 0 0 0 0 0 18,705 -18%,
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) x x x x   x 0 x 0 x 0 0 x x
AOB/AOS/AOT=Apparently occupied burrows/sites/territories; x=breeding; 0=none breeding;  c=circa; mixed=two species (eg Herring and LBB Gulls) counted together; b=birds; s=sites
SSC=Includes nests not seen from the boat, only seen after landing
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