Diet Overlap

Ctenolabrus rupestris (Rock cook)
Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)

Common Diet

Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)

Common Habitat

Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast
Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru
Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs
Moray Firth

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Dietary composition and the potential of food competition between 0-group cod (Gadus morhua L.) and some other fish species in the littoral zone, Karen Fjøsne and Jakob Gjøsæter, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 53: 757–770. 1996
♦ 2R. W. Summers , S. Smith , M. Nicoll & N. K. Atkinson (1990) Tidal and sexual differences in the diet of Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in Scotland, Bird Study, 37:3, 187-194