Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2015	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)	c35	137	7	170		218	1	255	0	31	271	0	300	1,425
Cormorant (nests)	0	c42+	69	0		c106	c75	0	0	0	0	0	0	292+
Shag (nests)	c14	151	59	179		214	15+	29	0	52	0	0	401	1114+
Gannet (nests)	x	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x
Eider (nests)	x	43+	x	9+		x	0	x	0	27	53	3	x	135+
Great B-b Gull (AOT)	0	47	12 birds	4-5		9+	0	2	1	3	2	0	53	117+
Lesser B-b Gull (AON)	x	c100	x	148		x	c8	c1,800	17	66	c32	0	x	2171+
Herring Gull (AON)	x	c1,030	x	897		x	c69	c500	26	283	c288	0	x	3093+
Kittiwake (nests)	c441	537	99	275		260	0	68	0	0	0	0	3,433	5,113
Common Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	132	13	145
Arctic Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	484	484
Roseate Tern (nests)														0
Sandwich Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Razorbill (pairs/sites)	c144	193	46	139		101	0	18	0	0	0	0	3,202 (4,590 b)	3,843
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)	c3,230	c3,053	c3,100	632		243+	0	1	0	0	0	0	21,598 (15945pr)	c31,857
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)	2+ b	x	620 AOB	c400+ b on sea		462 b on sea	0	22+ b on sea	0	25 b on sea	0	0	x	620 AOB 909 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
SSC=Includes nests not seen from the boat, only seen after landing
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