The Provision of a Breeding Seabird Survey of Lambay Island SPA Co Dublin

otelis; Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus; Herring Gull, Larus argentatus; Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla; Guillemot, Uria aalge; Razorbill, Alca torda; and Puffin, Fratercula arctica. Effective conservation management of Ireland’s SPA Network is informed by contemporary population estimates of th

e relevant species at various geographic scales i.e. from the site to the national level. Lambay Island SPA is one of the most important seabird colonies both in the western Irish Sea and nationally. The last time a comprehensive breeding s