Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
2013 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) 63 89 13 159   265 0 c170 0 36 201 0 218 1,214
Cormorant (nests) 0 24 56 0   60+ part count from boat 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 203+
Shag (nests) 24    (SSC 32) 117 44 153   170 10+ 17 0 59 0 0 322[1] 796+
Gannet (nests) x 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
Eider (nests) 7 c70+ x 16 7 x x x 0 41 42 x x 176+
Great B-b Gull (nests) 0 21 1 3   9+ 0 1 0 1 1 0 36 73
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) c2 x x 207+   x 9 x 17 156 c37 0 x 428
Herring Gull (nests) x x x 891+ 9 x 50 x 12 233 c260 0 x 1446+
Kittiwake (nests) c270 293 47 128   300 0 82 0 0 0 0 1,712 2,832
Common Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 73 c20 c93
Arctic Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c399 399
Roseate Tern (nests)                           0
Sandwich Tern (nests) 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 105 129 59 109   59 0 14 0 0 0 0 2,879 3,354
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) c1710 c1,620 2460 411   71 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,764 21,036
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)   c5,000 AOB 25 b c755 AOB   c700 b 0 38 b on sea 0 11 b on sea 0 0 c46,200 AOB c51,955+ 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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Revised figure from CEH June 2019:
Previously 201 AON