Forth Seabird Group

Counting Seabirds Since 1959

Table of Annual Shag Counts

The standard unit for counting Shag 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	10+	c35										352
1960		x	53
1961		x	87										526
1962		14	125										440
1963		82+	97										499
1964		x	66+										600
1965		95	128			1							751
1966		85+	117										709
1967		90+	132
1968		80	159
1969	186	94	158										880
1970		104	194
1971		94	196	1
1972		99	225	7
1973		164	244	17			1		2	c25			1076
1974		225	255	27		1	4						933
1975	180	214	233	25		3	13						644
1976	213	201	210	20		3	15		1	8			497
1977	201	186	156	18		6	25		4	12			921
1978	202	208	143	23		3	29		3	14			769
1979	188	215	160	25		4				14			966
1980	191	193+	143	25		3				11			1041
1981	154	252	220	43		6			3	14			1163
1982	194	344	230+	59		6				22			1425
1983	170	356	283	66		5				42			1567
1984	193	379	284	64		4				22			1639
1985	101	345	303	55		x				29			1524
1986	75	388	301	67		20				24			1310
1987	162	465	c250	64		10+	28			24			1916
1988	93	435	250	86		9	24			24			1290
1989	111	544	286	124		18	25+			29			1703
1990	121	522	290	166		19	23			28			1386
1991	x	646	305	242		30	23	0	2	0	0	0	1487
1992	x	665	318	255	0	23	23	21	3	36	0	0	1634
1993	c 20	155	65	88		11	12	12	1	28	0	0	715
1994	13	165	36	73		10	0	2+	1	10	0	0	403
1995	x	171	81	84	0	18	4	4	1	20	0	0	503
1996	47	159	77	81	0	16	5	3	2	18	0	0	512	920
1997	0	180	65	107	0	25	2	2	2	28	0	0	502	913
1998	x	x	x	86	0	25	3	2	2	25	0	0	621	764+
1999	30	131	76	61	0	21	4	3	0	33	0	0	259	618
2000	28	208	46	123	0	58	7	3	4	32	0	0	541	1050
2001	39	237	99	139	0	78	7	5	3	41	0	0	734	1382
2002	25	233	102	186	0	104	9	3	4	52	0	0	676	1394
2003	24	197	124	254	0	139	9	4	5	70	0	0	968	1794
2004	46	324	111	272	0	153	10	4	5	78	0	0	687	1690
2005	18	131	49	115	0	161	11	4	3	52	0	0	281	825
2006	36+	118	65	198	0	165	15	6	1	57	0	0	485	1146+
2007	28	199	73	169	0	187	14	7	0	57	0	0	399	1133
2008	22	133	97	146		161	13	7	0	55	0	0	427	1061
2009	c15	200	75	159		162	20	6	0	54	0	0	465	1159
2010	16	207	114	204		194	9	3	0	55	0	0	492	1294
2011	25	281	66	191		186	15	15	0	62	0	0	540	1346
2012	16	258	77	172		242	19	24	0	71	0	0	648	1,319+
2013	28	117	44	153		170	10+	17	0	59	0	0	322	796+
2014	14	137	49	162		182	c21	18	0	65	0	0	338	984
2015	c14	151	59	179		214	15+	29	0	52	0	0	401	1114+
2016	c22	139	43	168		222	11	26+	0	67	0	0	387	1047+
2017	c21	156	43	173		231	11+	26	0	42	0	0	474	1177
2018	c19	155	41	170		155	16+	36	0	35	0	0	404	1031
2019	14	116	44	144		160	12+	33	0	33	0	0	389	945
2020	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	0	x	0	0	495	x
2021	14	117	49	154		175	18	24	0	23	0	0	491	1065
2022	9	178	53	190		304	0	29	0	26	0	0	467	1256
2023	17	158	42	232		390	12	35	0	32	0	0	674	1592
2024	6	56	18	60		164	12	16	0	5	0	0	127	464
2025	17	76	29	113		200	9	13	0	1-7	0	0	223	681

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