Table of Annual Eider Duck Counts – Forth Seabird Group

The standard unit for counting Eider 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		x	x	x		7-8		x
1960		x	x			18		x		x
1961		x	x	x		x				x
1962		x	x	x		x				x
1963		x	x	x		x
1964		15+		43		x
1965		x	2	16+		x				x
1966		x	5	c15		x				x
1967		2	1	6		14				x
1968		x	x	x		x				x
1969		x	x	x		x				x
1970		x	x	x		x				5
1971		x	2	x		x
1972		x	x	26		x
1973		c5		x		6		c10		x
1974		x	1	188		x		3			1
1975		10+	x	30+		100+				8
1976	3	x	x	x		x		x		30
1977	x	60	2+	136+		x
1978		31	x	c20		x		x
1979	x	96+	1	c25	2	x				4
1980	x	x	x	x		x
1981	x	x		108		x
1982		66+		x		x
1983		x	1	c60		x				x
1984		x	2	x	1	x
1985	x	75+	7	94+		x				79
1986	x	30+	1	150+		x				82
1987		182	3	163		x		128	1	118	21
1988		x	3+	190		x			2	159	20
1989	2	x	x	x		x				x
1990	3	x		x		x				x		2
1991	x	x	x	x		x	0	x	4-5	x	x	0	x
1992	x	x	x	x	0	x	0	x	0	x	59+	0	x
1993	x	x		142		x	1	x	0	251	57	0	x
1994	4	153	6	220		323	1	258		313	60		x
1995	x	x	4	216	0	x	3	x	2	250	63	0	x
1996	c 7	x	x	256	2	x	2	x		230	51	3	1075	1619+
1997	7	x	x	250	x	x	2	x	1	260	55	5	1191	1,771+
1998	x	x	x	250	x	x	1	x	0	x	x	6	866	1,123+
1999	x	x	x	111	7	x	1	x	0	365	x	4	1200	1,688+
2000	x	x	x	x	3	x	1	1	1	263	59	x	892	1,220+
2001	x	x	x	56	4	x	4			253	51	7	947	1,322+
2002	x	x	x	97	13	x	2	x	0	196	54	9	783	1,154+
2003	x	x	x	68	8	x	0	250		197	48	7	1262	1,840+
2004	x	x		69	2	x	2	x		142	62	8	1101	1,386+
2005	x	x	0	78	0	x	1	x	0	130	63	3	1070	1345+
2006	x	x	0	76	0	x	3	x	0	112	60	6	823	1080+
2007	x	x	x	x	0	x	2	x	0	x	61	5	x	68+
2008	5+	120+	x	8		x	4	50+	0	33	71	11	1088	1390+
2009	12	204	x	70-100+		x	1	155	0	51	84	9+	x	586+
2010	8+	213+	x	117+		267+	0	x	0	41	x	5	1099	1,750+
2011	5	x	x	x		x	0	x	0	28+	52	4	x	89+
2012		41+	x	x		x	0	x	0	37	55	3	902	1,038+
2013	7	c70+	x	16	7	x	x	x	0	41	42	x	x	176+
2014	2+	63+	x	26+		x	0	0	0	26	37	3	975	1,132+
2015	x	43+	x	9+		x	0	x	0	27	53	3	x	135+
2016	x	111+	x	35+		x	x	x	x	43+	39	6	1128	1362+
2017	x	x	x	x		x	x	193	x	c41+	26	4	x	264+
2018	3	x	x	x		x	0	c225	0	39+	32	4	1183	1505+
2019	x	x	x	x		c472+	0	168	0	30	28	2	x	700+
2020	x	x	x	x		x	0	x	0	x	x	x	x	x
2021	x	170		35+		x		x	0	25	12	2	x	244+
2022	x	x	x	61		x	x	x	0	27	10	x	715	813+
2023	x	42	0	3		17	0	x	0	33	9	x	x	104
2024	3	125+	x	x		38	0	x	0	24	7	x	x	197+
2025	3	81+	0	23+		23+	0	23+	0	32	11+	0	572	768+

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