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Solent and South Downs · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Black Ditch?

Monitoring has recorded 11 species across 5 surveyed sites on this water, between 1992 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.

  1. European eelAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 28 Aug 2018
  2. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 28 Aug 2018
  3. PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 28 Aug 2018
  4. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 5 Sept 2005
  5. PerchPerca fluviatilis2 siteslatest 24 Aug 2012
  6. GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 20 Oct 1992
  7. RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 20 Oct 1992
  8. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 4 Oct 2012
  9. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 20 Oct 1992
  10. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 20 Oct 1992
  11. TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 20 Oct 1992

Surveyed sites on this water

5 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