Table of Annual Kittiwake Counts – Forth Seabird Group

The standard unit for counting Kittiwake 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	?1280	c 400	16
1960		405	38			1
1961		x	53			2?
1962		c 580	77			3
1963		528	118			20
1964		?516	110+	2		31
1965		c515	116	c14		41
1966		540	117	31		75
1967		c 570	126	56		143
1968		c700	153	83		163
1969	1650	544	110	88		187							3095
1970		550	116	104		342
1971		450	125	c170		407							3120
1972		x	121	186		c400							3400
1973		326	116	c215		407							3110
1974		c 450	141	272		421							2840
1975		c450	93	262		404							3520
1976	c1500	c 480	94	275		351							3080
1977	c2500	490	95	227		338
1978	c2200	450	55	243		291
1979	2150	510	68	258		236							4610
1980	2250	670	57	354		207
1981	1900+	x	96	456		195							6115
1982	1900+	c670	116	483		240
1983	c2300	610+	91	497		245
1984	c2450	610	101	506		257							6012
1985	c1950	x	125	494		x							5510
1986	x	c 725	167	532		369							4801
1987	2400	x	c200	726		483							6765
1988	x	770	175+	610		490							7638
1989	x	840	250	705		593							7564
1990	x	850	187	598		556							8129
1991	x	225+	106	494		612	0	c20	0	0	0	0	6535
1992	x	x	223	489	0	678	0	38	0	0	0	0	6916
1993	x	1028	84	452		656	0	49	0	0	0	0	7009
1994	x	564	160	326		440	0	97	0	0	0		3751
1995	x	951	210	435	0	551	0	190	0	0	0	0	7603
1996	2142	509	143	314	0	426	0	150	0	0	0	0	6269	9953
1997	3044	714	119	298		389		147					6518	11229
1998	x	x	x	243	0	385	0	129	0	0	0	0	4306	5,063+
1999	1307	511	115	225	0	349	0	116	0	0	0	0	4196	6819
2000	1000	539	132	343	0	365	0	111	0	0	0	0	4618	7108
2001	670	440	117	243	0	309	0	42	0	0	0	0	3639	5460
2002	774	383	139	315	0	351	0	58	0	0	0	0	3666	5686
2003	910	450	124	273	0	304	0	57	0	0	0	0	3335	5453
2004	660	501	126	217	0	358	0	65	0	0	0	0	3876	5803
2005	563	492	94	257	0	329	0	66	0	0	0	0	3790	5591
2006	505	444	202	275	0	295	0	73	0	0	0	0	3167	4961
2007	377	508	96	244	0	399	0	116	0	0	0	0	3424	5164
2008	323	513	110	222		352	0	88	0	0	0	0	3354	4962
2009	425	594	82	237		344	0	92	0	0	0	0	2316	4090
2010	440	600	133	232		402	0	103	0	0	0	0	3422	5332
2011	313	542	140	204		306	0	82	0	0	0	0	2685	4272
2012	395	620	95	191		325	0	106	0	0	0	0	2465	4197
2013	c270	293	47	128		300	0	82	0	0	0	0	1712	2832
2014	c324	300	84	167		273	0	65	0	0	0	0	2464	3677
2015	c441	537	99	275		260	0	68	0	0	0	0	3433	5113
2016	c325	468	101	259		343	0	48	0	0	0	0	2912	4456
2017	c289+	420+	67	380		367	0	39	0	0	0	0	3507	5069
2018	c335	375	37	251		368	0	27	0	0	0	0	2516	3909
2019	388	410	28	319		395	0	c48	0	0	0	0	3061	4649
2020	x	x	x	x		x	0	x	0	0	0	0	4947	x
2021	895	784	1	321		519	0	63	0	0	0	0	5193	7776
2022	569	702	2	372		471	0	75	0	0	0	0	x	2191+
2023	390	694	0	345		480	0	76	0	0	0	0	5425	7410
2024	673	660	0	332		402	0	66	0	0	0	0	5443	7576
2025	716	891	0	360		507	0	79	0	0	0	0	6068	8621

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