Population surveys of burrow-nesting seabirds on the St Kilda archipelago: results and insights from the 2019 Seabirds Count census

Richard Luxmoore^1*, Zoe Deakin^2,3, Rowan Aitchison¹, Alasdair Luxmoore¹, Pete Moore⁴, Fiona Sanderson³, Phil Taylor⁵, Paul Thompson¹, Dan Watson¹, Mark Bolton³ and Matt J. Wood⁶

https://doi.org/10.61350/sbj.36.3

^* Correspondence author. Email: richard1luxmoore@gmail.com

¹ National Trust for Scotland, Hermiston Quay, Cultins Road, Edinburgh EH11 4DF, UK.

² School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK.

³ RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK.

⁴ NatureScot, Achantoul, Aviemore, Inverness-shire PH22 1QD, UK.

⁵ The Open Seas Trust, 51 Atholl Rd, Pitlochry PH16 5BU, UK.

⁶ School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, UK.

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