Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2014	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)	c41	118	9	171		240	0	167	0	36	220		325	1,327
Cormorant (nests)	0	41	56+	0		83	c66	0	0	0	0	0	0	246
Shag (nests)	12    (SSC 16)	137	49	162		182	c21	18	0	65	0	0	338	984
Gannet (nests)	75,259	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	75,259
Eider (nests)	2+	63+	x	26+		x	0	0	0	26	37	3	975	1,132+
Great B-b Gull (nests)	0	31	1	3-4		c14	1	x	0	5	1	0	51	107
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)	2	c190	x	155		x	c35	x	c21	131	c35	0	2,047	2,616+
Herring Gull (nests)	c71+	c1500	x	743		x	c55	x	c15	218	c288	0	4,200	7,090+
Kittiwake (nests)	c324	300	84	167		273	0	65	0	0	0	0	2,464	3,677
Common Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	131	10-15	141
Arctic Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	400-405	400
Roseate Tern (nests)														0
Sandwich Tern (nests)	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Razorbill (pairs/sites)	c124	211	65	170		118	0	12	0	0	0	0	2987 (3796 b)	3,563
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)	c2050	c2910	c2800	c640		322	0	14	0	0	0	0	16602 (14248pr)	25,338
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)	2+ b	5475 AOB	63 b	1026 AOB		740+ b	0	51 b	0	25 b	0	0	x	6,501+ AOB
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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