Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Above Wellingborough?
Monitoring has recorded 26 species across 19 surveyed sites on this water, between 1979 and 2018. These are survey records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, that the water is fishable, or that you have permission to fish it.
Recorded species
What monitoring has found here
Ordered by how many sites on this water recorded the species. A species not listed has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent.
- GudgeonGobio gobio19 siteslatest 4 Jun 2015
- PerchPerca fluviatilis19 siteslatest 16 Nov 2018
- PikeEsox lucius19 siteslatest 16 Nov 2018
- RoachRutilus rutilus19 siteslatest 16 Nov 2018
- Common breamAbramis brama18 siteslatest 29 Jun 2015
- TenchTinca tinca18 siteslatest 16 Nov 2018
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus17 siteslatest 16 Nov 2018
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama16 siteslatest 12 Sept 2012
- BleakAlburnus alburnus14 siteslatest 25 Oct 2013
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus13 siteslatest 29 Jun 2015
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 25 Oct 2013
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus9 siteslatest 12 Sept 2012
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 8 Sept 1995
- BarbelBarbus barbus3 siteslatest 24 May 2005
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 4 Jun 2015
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 30 Jun 2008
- Spined loachCobitis taenia3 siteslatest 4 Jun 2015
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 14 Jul 1993
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 24 Apr 1989
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 16 May 1989
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 6 Apr 1989
- Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2008
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 14 Jun 2010
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 6 Jul 2009
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 2 Jul 2008
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 21 Jul 1983
Surveyed sites on this water
19 shown, newest survey first
Cogenhoe Back Channel
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 16 Nov 2018
Cogenhoe Main Channel
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 29 Jun 2015
U/S Earl's Barton Lock
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 25 Oct 2013
D/S Clifford Hill lock
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2012
D/S Hardwater Lock
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2012
Wellingborough Back Channel
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 14 Jun 2010
White Mills Back Channel
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 14 Sept 2009
U/S Wellingborough
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 30 Jun 2008
Billing Aquadrome
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 4 Oct 1995
U/S White Mills
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 1995
Hardwater Back Channel
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 1995
D/S White Mills
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 1995
U/S Hardwater Lock
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 1995
U/S Wollaston Lock
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 1995
Wollaston Back Channel
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 23 Sept 1993
Cogenhoe
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 1989
U/S Weston Favell
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 9 May 1989
D/S Rushmills
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 7 Apr 1989
Rushmills
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 6 Apr 1989
Provenance
Source and licence
- SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
- LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
- Waterbody nameAs published by the Environment Agency
- Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety