Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Avon Side Channels (Wessex)?
Monitoring has recorded 20 species across 15 surveyed sites on this water, between 2005 and 2024. 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.
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus13 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 20 Oct 2022
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar9 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus9 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
- PikeEsox lucius9 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta7 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
- BarbelBarbus barbus5 siteslatest 24 Sept 2014
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 20 Oct 2022
- PerchPerca fluviatilis2 siteslatest 20 Oct 2022
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 5 Aug 2010
- BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 4 Aug 2014
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2024
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 28 Sept 2011
- GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 2 Aug 2005
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 9 Jul 2010
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 28 Sept 2011
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2024
Surveyed sites on this water
15 shown, newest survey first
Ibsley Millstream
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 8 Aug 2024
AJ6 Harbridge Stream
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 20 Oct 2022
AJ5 Folds Farm
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 14 Oct 2022
Christchurch Millstream
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2011
AJ1 Ashley Farm
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2010
AJ10 The Woodside Carrier at Ellingham
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2010
AJ2 Bridge Farm
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2010
AJ13 The Millhouse, Downton
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 2005
AJ9 Lower Sopley Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 26 Aug 2005
AJ9a Sopley Mill Riffle
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 26 Aug 2005
AJ11 d/s Tannery Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 2005
AJ7 Harnham
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 2005
AJ12 second channel d/s Hale Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 15 Jul 2005
AJ3 Burgate Manor Farm site 1
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 7 Jul 2005
AJ4 Burgate Manor Farm Site 2
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 7 Jul 2005
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