Hertfordshire and North London · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Beam?
Monitoring has recorded 20 species across 4 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 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.
- European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 1 Nov 2005
- GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 27 Jun 2018
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 27 Jun 2018
- RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 26 Oct 2018
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 17 May 2012
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 15 Oct 2013
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 26 Oct 2018
- Common breamAbramis brama2 siteslatest 15 Oct 2013
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 26 Oct 2018
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 8 Jun 2000
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 23 May 1996
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 14 May 1996
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 9 Mar 1996
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 23 May 1996
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 14 May 1996
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 28 Oct 2005
- Goldfish varietiesCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 8 Jun 2000
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 15 Oct 2013
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 9 Mar 1996
- Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 9 Mar 1996
Surveyed sites on this water
4 shown, newest survey first
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