| Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 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) | 45 | 62 | 4 | 127 | 0 | 302 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 41 | 201 | 0 | 276 | 1,189 |
| Cormorant (nests) | 0 | 112+ | 55 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303 |
| Shag (nests) | 18 | 131 | 49 | 115 | 0 | 161 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 825 |
| Gannet (nests) | x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x |
| Eider (nests) | x | x | 0 | 78 | 0 | x | 1 | x | 0 | 130 | 63 | 3 | 1,070 | 1345+ |
| Great B-b Gull (nests) | ? | 6 | 0 | 2 birds | 0 | 3 | 1? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 46 |
| Lesser B-b Gull (nests) | x | x | 0 | 131 | 0 | x | c1-2 | x | 2 | 109 | 19 | 0 | 1,320 | 1583+ |
| Herring Gull (nests) | x | x | 27 | 957 | 1 | x | 38 | x | 8 | 319 | 180 | 0 | 2,094 | 3624+ |
| Kittiwake (nests) | 563 | 492 | 94 | 257 | 0 | 329 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,790 | 5,591 |
| Common Tern (nests) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 120 | 65 | 195 |
| Arctic Tern (nests) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 609 | 609 |
| Roseate Tern (nests) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern (nests) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Razorbill (pairs/sites) | 198 | 132 | 73 | 69 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | c3800 (4713b) | 5,238 |
| Guillemot (birds on cliffs) | 1860 | 1452 | 1578 | 701 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22,667 | 28,277 |
| Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) | 10 ind on land | x | x | x | 0 | 548 ind mostly on sea | 0 | 2 on land, 2 on sea | 0 | 4 ind ashore, 26 at sea | 0 | 0 | x | >592 inds |
| 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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