Avon Water
- EA ecology area
- Solent and South Downs
- Waterbody IDs
- GB107042011300
- Catchments
- New Forest
Avon Water fishing evidence · Solent and South Downs
What fish are in the Avon Water?
Monitoring has recorded 10 species across 7 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 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.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate.
The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
7 sites · 9 events
10 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 20 Jun 2018
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 4 sites
- Older
- 3 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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 20 Jun 2018
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 20 Jun 2018
- BullheadCottus gobio5 siteslatest 20 Jun 2018
- European eelAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 20 Jun 2018
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 20 Jun 2018
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 20 Jun 2018
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 20 Jun 2018
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 10 May 2018
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 5 Sept 2001
- RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 5 Sept 2001
Surveyed sites on this water
7 shown, newest survey first
Sheepwash Lawn
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 20 Jun 2018
d/s Sheepwash Lawn
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 14 Jun 2018
d/s Wootton Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 10 May 2018
u/s Sheepwash Lawn
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2018
u/s Wootton Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2016
Efford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2001
Wainsford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2001
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