Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1979	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)	70	57	2	101		523							102
Cormorant (nests)		98	65		36					32
Shag (nests)	188	215	160	25		4				14			966
Gannet (nests)	x
Eider (nests)	x	96+	1	c25	2	x				4
Great B-b Gull (nests)		1	1	1
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)	c25	225+	x	x		x							935
Herring Gull (nests)	200	x	x	x	x	x							3,950
Kittiwake (nests)	2,150	510	68	258		236							4,610
Common Tern (nests)										500			1
Arctic Tern (nests)
Roseate Tern (nests)										40
Sandwich Tern (nests)										604
Razorbill (pairs/sites)	67 b	64	c20	17		23
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)	2000+	1,480	860	25		5
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)	c15	1,150		100+		660
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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