Forth Seabird Group

Counting Seabirds Since 1959

Table of Annual Cormorant Counts

The standard unit for counting Cormorant is Apparently Occupied Nests ie AON.

Year	Bass Rock	Craigleith	Lamb	Fidra	Eyebroughy	Inchkeith	Carr Craig	Inchcolm	Haystack	Inchmickery + Cow & Calves	Inchgarvie + Forth Bridge	Long Craig	May Isle	Total
1959			44
1960			65
1961			108
1962			109
1963			111
1964			110-120
1965			177
1966		30	193
1967		13	206
1968			240
1969		2	150
1970		3	220
1971			280
1972		7	245							25
1973		12	230				4			15
1974		22	206
1975			225
1976			150
1977		38	157							11
1978		80	129		8					18
1979		98	65		36					32
1980		98	64		37					33
1981		42	102		30					34
1982		60	90							34
1983		49	115		55					18
1984		35	129		43
1985		46	134		17		30-35
1986		94	104		30		36
1987		109	83		c20		137
1988		85	57		73		158
1989		131	91		52		113
1990	0	116	80	0	49	0	182	0		0		0	0
1991	0	83	207	0	1	0	220	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	0	89	186	0	0	14	187	0	2		0	0	0
1993	0	45	52			24	135	0	44	0	0	0	0
1994	0	108	131	0		58	4	0	133	0	0	0	0
1995	0	82	179	0	0	112	5	2	97	0	0	0	0
1996	0	78	137	0	0	84	40	0	60	0	0	0	0	399
1997	0	130	135	0	0	106	73	0	18	0	0	0	0	462
1998	0	x	125	0	0	75	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	313+
1999	0	56	134	0	0	85	100	0	0?	0	0	0	0	375
2000	0	85+	133	0	0	101	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	440
2001		78+	90	0	0	82	117	0	0	5	0	0	0	372
2002	0	78	101	0	0	102	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	372
2003	0	72	95	0	0	124	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	378
2004	0	85+	96	0	0	137	82	0	0	0	0	0	0	400
2005	0	112+	55	0	0	85	0	0	51	0	0	0	0	303
2006	0	109	62	0	0	102	25	0	49	0	0	0	0	347
2007	0	79+	106	0	0	93	29	0	28	0	0	0	0	335
2008	0	41	73	0		93	20	0	32	0	0	0		259
2009	0	50	52	0		75	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	269
2010	0	50	41	0		c75	82	0	0	0	0	0	0	248
2011	0	60	72	0		77	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	281
2012	0	30+	x	0		107	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	195+
2013	0	24	56	0		60+ part count from boat	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	203+
2014	0	41	56+	0		83	c66	0	0	0	0	0	0	246
2015	0	c42+	69	0		c106	c75	0	0	0	0	0	0	292+
2016	0	c40+	42+	0		128	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	295+
2017	0	63	c60	0		122	68+	0	0	0	0	0	1	254
2018	0	54	52-56	0		114+	46	0	26	0	0	0	0	292
2019	0	c45+	78	0		81	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	255
2020	0	x	x	0		x	x	0	0	0	0	0	4	x
2021	0	46	60	0		126	59	0	0	0	0	0	14	305
2022	0	65	42	0		142	75	0	0	0	0	0	10	334
2023	0	80	46	9		143	43	0	2	0	0	0	23	346
2024	0	58	46	10		95	50	0	4	0	0	0	34	297
2025	0	84	8	50		132	58	0	16	0	0	0	46	394

AOB / AON / AOS / AOT = Apparently Occupied Burrows / Nests / Sites / Territories; IND = Individual birds
s = sites; b = birds; x = breeding but not counted; + = minimum count; c = circa; 0 = none breeding;
blank = no information available