British Population Size:
Summer:
499 thousand pairs
in 1998-02
 
First Record:
St Kilda, 1697
First Breeding Record:
Shetland (first outside St Kilda) 1878
Latest Survey:
Mitchell, P.I. et al. (2004) Seabird populations of Britain and Ireland Poyser, London
Conservation Status:
AMBER
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Localised Breeding Population,
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern:
glacialis AMBER (Recent Decline)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
Migration routes:
Map of foreign ringing recoveries
and summary map from Time to Fly (in pop-up windows)
European Population Size:
Summer:
2.8 to 4.4 million pairs
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
74 x 51 mm
Egg Weight:
98.0 g (of which 8 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
284
Clutch Size:
1 eggs
Incubation:
52- 53 days
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
46 - 51days
as:
-
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
Adult Survival:
0.972
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
9
years
Typical Lifespan:
44
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
40 years 10 months 16 days (set in 1992)
Read a summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
F
Wing Length
Adult:
332.2 ± 13.5
Range
280.0 - 365.0 mm, (N = 351)
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data
Male:
339.5 ± 10.5
Range
306.0 - 365.0 mm, (N = 72)
Female:
329.5 ± 7.9
Range
297.0 - 342.0 mm, (N = 37)
Weight
Adult:
780.9 ± 126.2
Range
329.0 - 1150 g , (N =197)
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Seasonal:
Summer 783.6 ± 114.1 (N = 492)  
Autumn 746.8 ± 93.69 (N = 19)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Northern Fulmar
Gaelic:
Eun-crom
Welsh:
Aderyn-Drycin y Graig
Danish:
Mallemuk
Dutch:
Noordse stormvogel
Finnish:
Myrskylintu
French:
Pétrel fulmar
German:
Eissturmvogel
Hungarian:
Sirhályhojsza
Icelandic:
Fýll
Irish:
Fulmaire
Italian:
Fulmaro
Norwegian:
Havhest
Polish:
Fulmar
Portuguese:
Fulmar-glacial
Spanish:
Fulmar
Swedish:
Stormfĺgel
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Fisher, J. 1984 The fulmar Collins, London
[598.445 FIS]
Brooke, M. de L. 2004 Albatrosses and petrels across the world Oxford University Press, Oxford
[598.44 BRO]
See Also:
Find scientific papers on Google Scholar
or Scirus by clicking the icon
Wikipedia entry
BirdLife species page
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead