Annex A Qualifying Species Associated with the Outer Firth of Forth and St. Andrews Bay Complex SPA

 

Table A1: Qualifying Species of the Outer Firth of Forth and St. Andrews Bay Complex SPA.

 

Species

Qualifying Population*

Qualifying Season

Red-throated diver

851

Non-breeding

Slavonian grebe

30

Non-breeding

Little gull

126

Non-breeding

Common tern

890 pairs

Breeding

Arctic tern

540 pairs

Breeding

Common eider

21,546

Non-breeding

Long-tailed duck

1,948

Non-breeding

Common scoter

4,677

Non-breeding

Velvet scoter

775

Non-breeding

Goldeneye

589

Non-breeding

Red-breasted merganser

431

Non-breeding

Northern gannet

10,945

Non-breeding

Manx shearwater

2,885

Breeding

European shag

2,400

Breeding

2,426

Non-breeding

Black-legged kittiwake

12,020

Breeding

3191

Non-breeding

Common guillemot

28,123

Breeding

21,968

Non-breeding

Atlantic puffin

61,086

Breeding

Black-headed gull

26,835

Non-breeding

Common gull

14,650

Non-breeding

Razorbill

5,841

Non-breeding

Herring gull

3,040

Breeding

12,310

Non-breeding

Note:

*SPA Qualifying Populations based on Outer Firth of Forth and St. Andrew’s Bay Complex citation (2020)

 

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