Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1982 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) 74 95 1+ 107   634       3        
Cormorant (nests)   60 90             34        
Shag (nests) 194 344 230+ 59   6       22     1,425  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests)   66+   x   x                
Great B-b Gull (nests)   3 1                      
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) 20-30 215 x 50+   x       x     550  
Herring Gull (nests) c150 x x 250+   x       x     2,300  
Kittiwake (nests) 1900+ c670 116 483   240                
Common Tern (nests)       22           415     14  
Arctic Tern (nests)       15+                    
Roseate Tern (nests)                   14        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   478        
Razorbill (pairs/sites) 74+ 57 x 32   25                
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 2250+ 1800+ 1500+ 65s/ 116 b   8 s/ 12 b                
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) c12 c2500   125   650                
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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