Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2020 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) x x x x   x x x 0 x x 0 324 x
Cormorant (nests) 0 x x 0   x x 0 0 0 0 0 4 x
Shag (nests) x x x x   x x x 0 x 0 0 495 x
Gannet (nests)  x  0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) x x x x   x 0 x 0 x x x x x
Great B-b Gull (nests) 0 x x x   x x x x x x 0 x x
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 0 x x x   x x x x x x 0 x x
Herring Gull (nests) x x x x   x x x x x x 0 x x
Kittiwake (nests) x x x x   x 0 x 0 0 0 0 4,947 x
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0
0
  0 0 0 0 0 0 x 15 x
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 x
Roseate Tern (nests)                            
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x x x x   x 0 x 0 0 0 0 4124 (6292 ind) x
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) x x x x   x 0 0 0 0 0 0 23303 (16865pr) x
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) 0 x x x   x 0 x 0 x 0 0 x x
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
SSC=Includes nests not seen from the boat, only seen after landing
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