Forth Seabird Group


Counting Seabirds Since 1959



Guillemots in East Cave on Bass Rock

Table of Annual Guillemot Counts

The standard unit for counting Guillemot is individual birds on the breeding ledges ie IND.

YearBass RockCraigleithLambFidraEyebroughyInchkeithCarr CraigInchcolmHaystackInchmickery + Cow & CalvesInchgarvie + Forth BridgeLong CraigMay IsleTotal
1959many dozens
1960c240
1961
1962325
1963430
196424510 b
1965488c40
1966c 35064pr
1967c 65087pr
196890090pr
19695006209789000
19706501356
1971700c200
1972c 900c20028
1973560c3405-81
1974c 1000c 40010-206
1975110050020 s2 off-shore
19762100+170050025 s1 site
1977c30001500100020+3-8
19782500-30001900+150014 s4
19792000+1480860255
19802800c1550840385 s
1981xx106073616300
19822250+1800+1500+65s/ 116 b8 s/ 12 b
1983c2850c170015401131322550
198440001350c30001593119005
19852500+xc2200142x18387
1986x200027501763519151
19872700x860+794917546
1988x145024001312816791
1989x170036001454418328
1990xc15002400897016778
1991x(107+)24001974800000016834
1992xxc 325024505200000017512
1993x14163300139 s4400000017919
1994x194032003045900000019186
1995x2122317028904800000025754
1996322518773650c258 b / 173 s0810000002446833559
199741727894400c 268 b / 180 s01060000002671136178
1998xx3200c320 b . 215 s0840000002696330568+
19992422170837603760480000002169430008
20003570287825236430730000002704536732
20013650318021806820810000002810337876
2002296015589906110270000002476730913
20032820211919875950350100002672234279
20042260178017445660350000002297029355
20051860145215787010190000002266728277
200632301672+17454580270000002144428576
200711201150139558801601 close inshore00001677021039
2008c1600c1550c29004032801 on land00001715723638
2009c2550c1800c22005244900000016888 (14143 prs)24011
2010c1600c1110c21755175600000018096 (15029 pr)c23,554
2011c20001705204033213300000015,691 (14,955 pr)c21900
2012c1600c1650xx2250000001699120,466+
2013c1710c1,6202460411710000001476421036
2014c2050c2910c2800c640322014000016602 (14248pr)25338
2015c3,230c3,053c3,100632243+01000021,598 (15945pr)c31,857
2016c2,230c2,568307046418800000023038 (15,132pr)c31,558
2017c2450c2205c2900c700175000000 23,500 / (16468pr)31930
2018c2620c2360c19404911480000001870526264
2019c2510c2837c1970c53818700000021493 / (c15974 pr)29535
2020xxxxx00000023303 / (16865pr)x
2021c20502677c195042421200000026134 / (18156pr)33447
202226401817179040327300000024545 / (c17052 pr)31468
20231790156016002941700000002211327527
2024760783270877400000015506 / (c13372 pr)17480
2025139012948121626100000016011 (13332 pr)19730

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;

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