Tern Island Inner Harbour Renews
| Species |
Quantity |
| Common and Arctic Tern |
65-75 pairs (2000-2002) |
Both species represented with Commons outnumbering Arctics
Drook Point/Freshwater Bay (The Rookery): Cape Race Road
| Species |
Quantity |
| Herring Gull |
No estimate |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
No estimate |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
1800 pairs (1985) |
| Razorbill |
50 pairs (2004) |
| Common Murre |
100 pairs (2004) |
| Atlantic Puffin |
100 pairs (2004) |
| Black Guillemot |
No estimate |
West Head, The Drook
| Species |
Quantity |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
No estimate |
Gravel Bar Biscay Bay Barachois
| Species |
Quantity |
| Common Tern |
3-4 pairs (2000-2002) |
Cape Mutton
| Species |
Quantity |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
No estimate |
Tern Island, Daniel’s Point Northwest Trepassey
| Species |
Quantity |
| Common Tern |
25 pairs (personal estimate 2024) |
| Arctic Tern |
10 pairs (personal estimate 2024) |
Cape Pine
| Species |
Quantity |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
No estimate |
| Razorbill |
20 pairs (personal estimate) |
| Common Murre |
A few may nest, status uncertain |
| Atlantic Puffin |
20 pairs (personal estimate) |
Cape Freels (between Cape Pine and St. Shotts)
| Species |
Quantity |
| Common Tern |
No estimate |
| Arctic Tern |
No estimate |
Three Tier Waterfall (between St. Shotts and Peter’s River)
| Species |
Quantity |
| Great Cormorant |
No estimate (2020) |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
No estimate (2020) |
Note: On 20.06.04 Seabird biologist Ian Jones, traveling in a boat, noted an indeterminate number of both Cormorants nesting on the sea stack
Western Head St Shott’s
| Species |
Quantity |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
No estimate |
| Common Murre |
100 pairs (1973) |
Most of the population data provided is inaccurate and/or out-of-date. It is included to identify the main colonies and to provide rough estimates of individual populations.
Population studies on individual species in seabird colonies are occasionally carried out by various government authorities. Hopefully we can soon provide more up-to-date information
Bibliography
- Boyne, Andrew W. Et al 2013. Census of terns, gulls, kittiwakes and cormorants along the coast of insular Newfoundland 2000-2002. CWS Technical Report Series Number 512. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service
- Brown, R. B. G. et al. 1975. Atlas of eastern Canadian seabirds Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service