Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2017	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)	c32+	153	10	199		278	0	303	0	45	207	0	341	1,568
Cormorant (nests)	0	63	c60	0		122	68+	0	0	0	0	0	1	254
Shag (nests)	c21	156	43	173		231	11+	26	0	42	0	0	474	1,177
Gannet (nests)	x	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eider (nests)	x	x	x	x		x	x	193	x	c41+	26	4	x	264+
Great B-b Gull (AOT)	0	34	8	11		10	1	3	1	8	5	0	x	70
Lesser B-b Gull (AON)	x	x	0	171		x	8	x	15	223	c28	0	x	445+
Herring Gull (AON)	x	x	61	937		x	c31	x	22	398	c331	0	x	1780+
Kittiwake (nests)	c289+	420+	67	380		367	0	39	0	0	0	0	3,507	5,069
Common Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	165	29	195
Arctic Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	832	832
Roseate Tern (nests)														0
Sandwich Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Razorbill (pairs/sites)	c98	167	66	165		103	0	15	0	1	0	0	3,899	4,514
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)	c2450	c2205	c2900	c700		175	0	0	0	0	0	0	23,500 (16468pr)	31,930
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)	0	c200 b on sea	c60 b on land	c500 b  land/sea		527 b on sea	0	2? AOB	0	14 b on sea	0	0	c39,200 AOB	c39,200 AOB
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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