Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1983 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) 75 94 ?0 119   537       6     101  
Cormorant (nests)   49 115   55         18        
Shag (nests) 170 356 283 66   5       42     1,567  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests)   x 1 c60   x       x        
Great B-b Gull (nests)   3 1                      
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) x x x 419 mixed   x       x     1,385  
Herring Gull (nests) x x x 419 mixed   x       x     2,578  
Kittiwake (nests) c2300 610+ 91 497   245                
Common Tern (nests)       30           350     29  
Arctic Tern (nests)       14           475        
Roseate Tern (nests)                   6        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   474        
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 54+ 44 14+ 33   30             2,220  
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) c2850 c1700 1,540 113   13             22,550  
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 10+ c1900   80   435                
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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