| Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth | ||||||||||||||
| 1977 | 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) | 65 | 60 | 3 | 54 | 445 | 43 | 62 | |||||||
| Cormorant (nests) | 38 | 157 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Shag (nests) | 201 | 186 | 156 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 921 | |||||
| Gannet (nests) | 13,500 | |||||||||||||
| Eider (nests) | x | 60 | 2+ | 136+ | x | |||||||||
| Great B-b Gull (nests) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Lesser B-b Gull (nests) | c 12 | c 200 | c 5 | 30 | 300-350 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 841 | |||||
| Herring Gull (nests) | c 225 | 3000-3500 | 300-350 | 130 | x | 70 | 870 | 70 | 85 | 3,670 | ||||
| Kittiwake (nests) | c2500 | 490 | 95 | 227 | 338 | |||||||||
| Common Tern (nests) | 548 | |||||||||||||
| Arctic Tern (nests) | ||||||||||||||
| Roseate Tern (nests) | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Sandwich Tern (nests) | 580 | |||||||||||||
| Razorbill (pairs/sites) | 45 | 65 | 18 | 5+ | 20 | |||||||||
| Guillemot (birds on cliffs) | c3000 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 20+ | 3-8 | |||||||||
| Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) | 12 | 1325 AOB, 950 b | 15 AOB, 57 b | 450 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Click on the tabs below to select a year | Revised figure from CEH,June 2019 | |||||||||||||
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