East Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Amber?
Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 8 surveyed sites on this water, between 1994 and 2016. 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta7 siteslatest 25 Oct 2016
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 25 Oct 2016
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 25 Jun 2014
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 16 Sept 2014
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 25 Oct 2016
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 25 Jun 2014
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 25 Oct 2016
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 25 Oct 2016
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 25 Oct 2016
- BarbelBarbus barbus3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2014
- GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2014
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 7 Nov 1997
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 19 Jun 2014
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 11 Apr 1995
- GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 25 Jun 2014
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 25 Jul 2011
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 25 Jul 2011
Surveyed sites on this water
8 shown, newest survey first
Amber Mill Shirland
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 25 Oct 2016
Ogston
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 25 Oct 2016
South Wingfield
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 11 Nov 2015
Ambergate
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2014
Wingfield Park
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2014
Ashover Hay
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 2014
Hamlyn Mill
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 2004
Sawmills
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 2004
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