Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2011 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) 43+ 174 13 182   205 0 261 0 32 243 0 306 1,459+
Cormorant (nests) 0 60 72 0   77 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 281
Shag (nests) 25 281 66 191   186 15 15 0 62 0 0 540[1] 1,346
Gannet (nests) x 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) 5 x x x   x 0 x 0 28+ 52 4 x 89+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 1 23 1 1   7 1 1 1 1+ 1 0 41 79+
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 2 x x x   x 9 x 10 x 35 0 x 56+
Herring Gull (nests) 0 x x x   x 44 x 8 x 222 0 x 274+
Kittiwake (nests) 313 542 140 204   306 0 82 0 0 0 0 2,685 4,272
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 105 26 131
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 250
Roseate Tern (nests)                           1-2?
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 94 185 70 108   63 0 14 0 0 0 0 2705 (3,012 b) 3,239
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) c2000 1705 2040 332   133 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,691 (14,955 pr) c21900
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) c6 b 1830 on sea x c400 b   413 b 0 14 on land & sea 0 30 on sea 0 0 x 2693 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
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Revised figure from CEH June 2019:
Previously 505 AON