Table of Annual Gannet Counts – Forth Seabird Group

The standard unit for counting Gannets is Apparently Occupied Nests ie AON

Gannet	Bass Rock	Total
1959	x	x
1960	x	x
1961	x	x
1962	x	x
1963	x	x
1964	x	x
1965	x	x
1966	x	x
1967	x	x
1968	x	x
1969	8977	8977
1970	x	x
1971	x	x
1972	x	x
1973	x	x
1974	10500	10500
1975	x	x
1976	x	x
1977	13500	13500
1978	x	x
1979	x	x
1980	x	x
1981	x	x
1982	x	x
1983	x	x
1984	18162	18162
1985	21591	21591
1986	x	x
1987	x	x
1988	x	x
1989	x	x
1990	x	x
1991	x	x
1992	x	x
1993	x	x
1994	34397	34397
1995	x	x
1996	x	x
1997	x	x
1998	x	x
1999	x	x
2000	x	x
2001	x	x
2002	x	x
2003	x	x
2004	48065	48065
2005	x	x
2006	x	x
2007	x	x
2008	x	x
2009	55482	x
2010	x	x
2011	x	x
2012	x	x
2013	x	x
2014	75259	75259
2015	x	x
2016	x	x
2017	x	0
2018	x	x
2019	x	x
2020	x	x
2021	x	x
2022	x	x
2023	51844	55000
2024	c46045	0
2025	x	0

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