Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2010 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) 39 113 40 234   258 0 177 0 25 210 0 381 1,477
Cormorant (nests) 0 50 41 0   c75 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 248
Shag (nests) 16 207 114 204   194 9 3 0 55 0 0 492 1,294
Gannet (nests) x 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) 8+ 213+ x 117+   267+ 0 x 0 41 x 5 1,099 1,750+
Great B-b Gull (nests)   16 1 2-3   3 1? 0 0 1 0 0 36 c60
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) c1 x x x   c3500 AOT 5 x 15 x 14 0 2,348 5,883+
Herring Gull (nests)   x x x   c3700 AOT 35 x 25 x 134 0 3,215 7,109+
Kittiwake (nests) 440 600 133 232   402 0 103 0 0 0 0 3,422 5,332
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 109 17 126
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 34
Roseate Tern (nests)                           2
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 63 136 42 123   80 0 4 0 0 0 0  2557 (3234 b) 3,005
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) c1600 c1110 c2175 517   56 0 0 0 0 0 0 18096 (15029 pr) c23,554
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 1-2 on land c4800 AOB x c1150 AOB   x 0 2 on land 0 18 on land 0 0 x c5,950+ 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
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