Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1996	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)	166	184	14	331		429		237		32	188		308	1,889
Cormorant (nests)		78	137		0	84	40		60	0				399
Shag (nests)	47	159	77	81		16	5	3	2	18			512	920
Gannet (nests)	x													x
Eider (nests)	c 7	x	x	256	2	x	2	x		230	51	3	1,075	1619+
Great B-b Gull (nests)	1	6	3	4		2		0		1			7	24
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)	60	x	140	467	0	x	c 3	x	1	196	11		1,641	2516+
Herring Gull (nests)	240	x	140	1,401	11	x	54	x	18	196	195+		2,994	5,249
Kittiwake (nests)	2,142	509	143	314		426		150					6,269	9,953
Common Tern (nests)					0					15		80	248	343
Arctic Tern (nests)										0	0		532	532
Roseate Tern (nests)														5
Sandwich Tern (nests)										0		2		2
Razorbill (pairs/sites)	188	73	73	74		68		3					3405 b	479 sites +3,405 birds
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)	3,225	1,877	3,650	173 s		81		0					24,468	33,301 birds +173 sites
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)	c 20	148	148	410 AOB		423 AOB, 186 b		42		13 AOB			x	544+ birds +847 sites
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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