Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2012 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) 14 114 5 118   233 0 166 0 28 237 0 290 1,205
Cormorant (nests) 0 30+ x 0   107 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 195+
Shag (nests) 11    (SSC 21) 258 77 172   242 19 24 0 71 0 0 648[1] 1,319+
Gannet (nests) x 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests)   41+ x x   x 0 x 0 37 55 3 902 1,038+
Great B-b Gull (nests)   18 ? 3   8 1 1 1 ? 1 0 40 73
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 2 x x x   x 8 x 16 x c27 0 2,282 2,335+
Herring Gull (nests) x x x x   x 23 x 12 x c246 0 3,281 3,562+
Kittiwake (nests) 395 620 95 191   325 0 106 0 0 0 0 2,465 4,197
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 265 265
Roseate Tern (nests)                           0
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 106 157 66 70   93 0 12 0 0 0 0 3068 3,572
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) c1600 c1650 x x   225 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,991 20,466+
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)   1840 b on sea 65 b on land 750 AOB c780 b on  sea   c650 b on sea 0 28 b on sea 0 38 b on sea 0 0 x 3,401 b
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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Revised figure from CEH June 2019:
Previously 545 AON