Forth Seabird Group

Counting Seabirds Since 1959

Table of Annual Lesser Black-backed Gull Counts

The standard unit for counting Lesser Black-backed Gull is Apparently Occupied Nests or Territories ie AON or AOT.

Year	Bass Rock	Craigleith	Lamb	Fidra	Eyebroughy	Inchkeith	Carr Craig	Inchcolm	Haystack	Inchmickery + Cow & Calves	Inchgarvie + Forth Bridge	Long Craig	May Isle	Total
1959			3+			12
1960			10+			18
1961			x	1		x
1962
1963			x			c20
1964
1965		x	c5			x
1966		150+	10+			x
1967		x	a few	x		x
1968		x	x	x		x
1969	50	275	c 5	x		300				5	2		2000
1970		x	x	x		x
1971		c 400	4	7		100+				2
1972		250	5	10		x				6			2100
1973		350	2	c40		x	2	x			2
1974		300-350	c 5	30		x		c10					795
1975		x	c10	646 mixed		375		c15		x	5+		651
1976	c20	x	c 5	c 20		x		c 20		c 5	2		742
1977	c 12	c 200	c 5	30		300-350	2	10		5			841
1978	12	380	c 4	c 40		500+		10+		10			855
1979	c25	225+	x	x		x							935
1980	c20	130+	c5	410 mixed		x							490
1981	25	250	c5	x		x		x					470
1982	20-30	215	x	50+		x				x			550
1983	x	x	x	419 mixed		x				x			1385
1984	60	140	c2	c60		x				x			1487
1985	25+	c350	c1	c50		x				x			1053
1986	c50	c 380	7 adults	480 mixed		8000 mixed				x			682
1987	30	930	10	140		c1750		730		60	c10		520
1988	c30	400	x	120		x				x	2		563
1989	20	350	c5	200		x	x			x			643
1990	c22	x	c5	x		x				950 mixed			618
1991	x	x	x	x		x	0	x	0	x	5	0	788
1992	25-30	x	x	x		x	0	x	1	108 mixed	6	0	751
1993	40	x	x	1472 mixed		6850 mixed	0	x	0	196 mixed	10	0	1259
1994	60	934	55	492	0	2607	2	1669	0	108	11	0	1270
1995	x	x	230 mixed	1848 mixed	6 mixed	x	c 3	x	0	141	6+	0	1635
1996	60	x	140	467	0	x	c 3	x	1	196	11	0	1641	2516+
1997	c 34	x	90	501		x	3	x		147	7		1540	2322+
1998	x	x	c60 mixed	660	0	x	2	x	0	x	15	0	1533	2,210+
1999	x	135	88	599	0	x	3	x	0	242	81	0	1519	2,667+
2000	25	x	3	179	0	x	2+	x	1-2	230	16+	0	1442	1,898+
2001	x	x	3	51	0	x	0	x	1	91	12+	0	1203	1,361+
2002	1	647	2	79	0	3276	0	1221	0	86	11	0	1198	6521
2003	x	x	0	300	0	x	3	x	2	135	14	0	1253	1,707+
2004	4	x	0	90	0	x	5+	x	c3	134	23+	0	1221	1,480+
2005	x	x	0	131	0	x	c1-2	x	2	109	19	0	1320	1583+
2006	4	x	9	162	0	x	3	x	3	135	18+	0	1732	2066+
2007	x	x	x	x	0	x	3+	x	c7	x	c18	0	1665	1693+
2008	3+	x	x	x		x	c3	x	3	x	c17	0	c1944	1970+
2009	x	x	x	x		x	c5	c2600	6	289	c16	0	x	2627+
2010	c1	x	x	x		c3500 AOT	5	x	15	x	14	0	2348	5,883+
2011	2	x	x	x		x	9	x	10	x	35	0	x	56+
2012	2	x	x	x		x	8	x	16	x	c27	0	2282	2,335+
2013	c2	x	x	207+		x	9	x	17	156	c37	0	x	428
2014	2	c190	x	155		x	c35	x	c21	131	c35	0	2047	2,616+
2015	x	c100	x	148		x	c8	c1,800	17	66	c32	0	x	2171+
2016	x	138	3	206		1213	9	831	14	177	23	0	1924	4538+
2017	x	x	0	171		x	8	x	15	223	c28	0	x	445+
2018	1	97	1	131		x	5	x	5	235+	c41	0	1684	2200+
2019	0	x	1	116		x	6	1321+	1	c151	16	0	x	1612+
2020	0	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	0	x	x
2021	0	x	1	104		x	x	x	6	117	19	0	x	247+
2022	x	48	2	96		x	6	x	4	89	16	0	1739	2000+
2023	1	39	0	61		x	3	597	3	125	39	0	x	868
2024	2	47	0	37		x	3	511	2	149	25	0	1250	2026+
2025	2	35	1	60		x	5	687	0	c112	13	0	x	915+

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