Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2016 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) c43 133 9 160   241 0 246 0 33 196 0 309 1,370
Cormorant (nests) 0 c40+ 42+ 0   128 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 295+
Shag (nests) c22 139 43 168   222 11 26+ 0 67 0 0 387[1] 1047+
Gannet (nests)  x  0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) x 111+ x 35+   x x x x 43+ 39 6 1,128 1362+
Great B-b Gull (AOT) 0 51 5 6-7   13 1 6 1 c6 3 0 72 164
Lesser B-b Gull (AON) x 138 3 206   1213 9 831 14 177 23 0 1,924 4538+
Herring Gull (AON) x 1,187 90 1,127   2,504 47 633 18 479 281 0 3,799 10,165+
Kittiwake (nests) c325 468 101 259   343 0 48 0 0 0 0 2,912 4,456
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 168 19 187
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 527 527
Roseate Tern (nests)                           0
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21
Razorbill (pairs/sites) c91AOS (c140 IND) 186AOS (282 IND) 82 AOS (154 IND) 122AOS (189 IND)   96 AOS (140 IND) 0 7 AOS (29 IND) 0 0 0 0 c3,570 (5117ind) c4,154
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) c2,230 c2,568 3,070 464   188 0 0 0 0 0 0 23038 (15,132pr) c31,558
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 2+ b 4,125 AOB x 1,050 AOB   549 b on sea 0 20+ b on sea 0 12 b on sea 0 0 x 5,758+ AOB
AOB/AOS/AOT=Apparently occupied burrows/sites/territories; x=breeding 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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Revised figure from CEH June 2019:
Previously 349 AON