Bird stomach contents analysis - final report: Goosander and Cormorant diet on four Scottish rivers 2019 to 2020
This study analysed the stomach contents of goosanders and cormorants collected from the Rivers Tweed, Dee, Nith and Spey during 2019 and 2020 in order to to assess whether there was evidence of substantial changes in the diets of these species of fish-eating birds since the 1990s.
Appendix 4: Scientific names of prey species mentioned in the text
Lampreys - Family Petromyzonidae
Brook Lamprey - Lampetra planeri
River Lamprey - L. fluviatilis
Eels - Family Anguillidae
European Eel - Anguilla anguilla
Salmons - Family Salmonidae
Atlantic Salmon - Salmo salar
Brown/sea Trout - S. trutta
Rainbow Trout - Onchorynchus mykiss
Grayling - Thymallus thymallus
Pikes - Family Esociade
Pike - Esox lucius
Carps - Family Cyprinidae
Gudgeon - Gobio gobio
Minnow - Phoxinus phoxinus
Loaches - Family Cobitidae
Stone Loach - Barbatula barbatula
Sticklebacks - Family Gasterosteidae
3-Spined Stickleback- Gasterosteus aculeatus
Perches - Family Percidae
Perch - Perca fluviatilis
Grey Mullets- Family Mugilidae
Flatfishes- Family Pleuronectidae
Class Amphibia - Family Ranidae
Common Frog - Rana temporaria
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