Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1973	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)		60	3	38-42		400		x			30-35
Cormorant (nests)		12	230				4			15
Shag (nests)		164	244	17			1		2	c25			1076
Gannet (nests)
Eider (nests)		c5		x		6		c10		x
Great B-b Gull (nests)		2
Lesser B-b Gull (nests)		350	2	c40		x	2	x			2
Herring Gull (nests)		4500-5000	c400	c250		x	65	x	c45	1	90		9,000
Kittiwake (nests)		326	116	c215		407							3,110
Common Tern (nests)				20				6		780
Arctic Tern (nests)				c20
Roseate Tern (nests)										52
Sandwich Tern (nests)				2+						c340
Razorbill (pairs/sites)		34	8			7
Guillemot (birds on cliffs)		560	c340	5-8		1
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated)		1,400		5		450							3,550
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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