Forth Seabird Group

Counting Seabirds Since 1959

Table of Annual Razorbill Counts

The unit Forth Seabird Group use for counting Razorbill is Apparently Occupied Sites ie AOS.

Year	Bass Rock	Craigleith	Lamb	Fidra	Eyebroughy	Inchkeith	Carr Craig	Inchcolm	Haystack	Inchmickery + Cow & Calves	Inchgarvie + Forth Bridge	Long Craig	May Isle	Total
1959		quite a few pairs
1960		c20 b
1961		x
1962		55 b	2
1963		20 b	1
1964		10	4+
1965		103 b	4
1966		c 40	2+
1967		c 30	5
1968		29+	10
1969	20	30	16			1							350
1970		37	10			2
1971		28	6+			4
1972		c 36	6	1		c5
1973		34	8			7
1974		46	11	1		12
1975		49	12	4 s/ 6 b		c 14
1976	c50	64	12	10 s/ 38b		15
1977	45	65	18	5+		20
1978	40	51	9+	19		18
1979	67 b	64	c20	17		23
1980	x	40+	5+	13		29
1981	x	41	18+	28		26							2086
1982	74+	57	x	32		25
1983	54+	44	14+	33		30							2220
1984	110 b	42	21	44		30+							2051
1985	x	57	24+	49		x							1825
1986	36	40	21	48		23							1864
1987	91	52	c35	38 b		32+							1887
1988	x	62	29	53		40							2128
1989	x	57	41	72		46							2613
1990	x	60	33	75		60							2368
1991	x	80+	32	91		42	0	0	0	0	0	0	1633
1992	x	46	40	72	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2581
1993	x	61	13	65		64	0	0	0	0	0	0	3022
1994	x	76	36	85		55	0	0	0	0	0	0	3034
1995	x	108	47	c 80	0	56	0	2	0	0	0	0	4248
1996	188	73	73	74	0	68	0	3	0	0	0	0	c2281 S /3405 b	2760
1997	177	84	24	103	0	56	0	4	0	0	0	0	c2330 s / 3478 b	2778
1998	x	x	x	86	0	75	0	2	0	0	0	0	c2585 /(3,859 b)	2748+
1999	78	125	68	108	0	57	0	4	0	0	0	0	3429	3869
2000	83	200	87	110	0	64	0	11	0	0	0	0	3105	3660
2001	137	136	96	89	0	71	0	x	0	0	0	0	c2756 / (4,114 b)	3285
2002	193	141	96	119	0	61	0	11+	0	0	0	0	3215	3836
2003	89	163	112	88	0	58	0	9+	0	0	0	0	c2080 / (3105 b)	519
2004	158	171	105	101	0	54	0	5	0	0	0	0	2677 / 3313 b	3271
2005	198	132	73	69	0	49	0	4	0	0	0	0	c3800 (4713b)	5238
2006	169	175	62	123	0	53	0	5	0	0	0	0	2975, (3811 b)	3562
2007	119	181	77	128	0	56	0	6	0	0	0	0	2840 (3635 b)	567
2008	85	147	80	95		62	0	5	0	0	0	0	c2700 (3464 b)	3174
2009	c70	117	70	127		54	0	4	0	0	0	0	2400 (3008 b)	2842
2010	63	136	42	123		80	0	4	0	0	0	0	2557 (3234 b)	3005
2011	94	185	70	108		63	0	14	0	0	0	0	2705 (3,012 b)	3239
2012	106	157	66	70		93	0	12	0	0	0	0	3068	3572
2013	105	129	59	109		59	0	14	0	0	0	0	2879	3354
2014	c124	211	65	170		118	0	12	0	0	0	0	2987 (3796 b)	3563
2015	c144	193	46	139		101	0	18	0	0	0	0	3,202 (4,590 b)	3843
2016	c91AOS (c140 IND)	186AOS (282 IND)	82 AOS (154 IND)	122AOS (189 IND)		96 AOS (140 IND)	0	7 AOS (29 IND)	0	0	0	0	c3,570 (5117ind)	c4,154
2017	c98	167	66	165		103	0	15	0	1	0	0	3899	4514
2018	c176	186	76	161		134	0	9	0	1 bird on sea	0	0	3738 / (4867 Ind)	4480
2019	170	264	119	136		131	0	18+	0	0	0	0	4166 / (5377 Ind)	5004
2020	x	x	x	x		x	0	x	0	0	0	0	4124 / (6292 ind)	x
2021	92	190	91	132		124	0	9	0	0	0	0	4813 / (6184 b)	5451
2022	159	332	72	94		164	0	15	0	0	0	0	4381	5217
2023	167	229	111	110		95	0	30	0	0	0	0	5493	6235
2024	101	251	79	79		69	0	12	0	0	0	0	c3392 / (4892 IND)	3983
2025	145	248	65	71		82	0	18	0	0	0	0	3594 (5316 IND)	4223

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