| Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 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 | 86 | 7-8 | 160 | 248 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 23 | 175 | 0 | 293 | 1,159 | |
| Cormorant (nests) | 0 | 41 | 73 | 0 | 93 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 | ||
| Shag (nests) | 22 | 133 | 97 | 146 | 161 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 427 | 1,061 | |
| Gannet (nests) | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | |
| Eider (nests) | 5+ | 120+ | x | 8 | x | 4 | 50+ | 0 | 33 | 71 | 11 | 1,088 | 1390+ | |
| Great B-b Gull (nests) | 10+ | 2-3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 37 | 60+ | ||
| Lesser B-b Gull (nests) | 3+ | x | x | x | x | c3 | x | 3 | x | c17 | 0 | c1944 | 1970+ | |
| Herring Gull (nests) | x | x | x | x | x | c51 | x | c8 | x | c202 | 0 | c2962 | 3223+ | |
| Kittiwake (nests) | 323 | 513 | 110 | 222 | 352 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,354 | 4,962 | |
| Common Tern (nests) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | c90-100 | c101 | 197 | |
| Arctic Tern (nests) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | c511 | 511 | |
| Roseate Tern (nests) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern (nests) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Razorbill (pairs/sites) | 85 | 147 | 80 | 95 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | c2700 (3464 b) | 3,174 | |
| Guillemot (birds on cliffs) | c1600 | c1550 | c2900 | 403 | 28 | 0 | 1 on land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,157 | 23,638 | |
| Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) | a few | x | 51 on land | 50 on land, 270 sea | 646 on land & sea | 0 | 36 on sea | 0 | 1 on land | 0 | 0 | c42,000 AOB | c42,000 AOB + 1054 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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