Solent and South Downs · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Blackwater (Solent and South Downs)?
Monitoring has recorded 28 species across 33 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 and 2026. 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.
- RoachRutilus rutilus32 siteslatest 6 May 2026
- GudgeonGobio gobio28 siteslatest 6 May 2026
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus27 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus26 siteslatest 6 May 2026
- PikeEsox lucius26 siteslatest 6 May 2026
- PerchPerca fluviatilis21 siteslatest 6 May 2026
- TenchTinca tinca10 siteslatest 6 May 2026
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama8 siteslatest 15 Sept 2022
- BarbelBarbus barbus7 siteslatest 8 Apr 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
- Common breamAbramis brama6 siteslatest 15 Sept 2022
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula6 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 26 Apr 2022
- GraylingThymallus thymallus4 siteslatest 15 Sept 2022
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 28 Sept 2021
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
- BleakAlburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 18 May 2016
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 29 Sept 2023
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 19 Sept 2024
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 26 Mar 2003
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 30 Aug 2006
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 15 Sept 2006
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 16 Sept 2025
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 2 Apr 2012
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 28 Apr 2006
Surveyed sites on this water
33 shown, newest survey first
Coleford Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 6 May 2026
Aldershot Park
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 23 Apr 2026
Landford
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 2025
Broadlands Fishery
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 2025
Hawley Meadows
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 10 Apr 2025
Manor Farm Nature reserve
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 8 Apr 2025
Riseley
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 8 Apr 2025
Wade Bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2018
D/S Riseley
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 18 May 2016
Eversley Cross
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 10 Apr 2013
Lower Bridge Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2012
Upper Whinwhistle
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 2011
Lower Whinwhistle
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 28 Jul 2011
Hammonds Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 2004
Hollybush Lane
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 16 Apr 2003
Aldershot
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 9 Apr 2003
Church Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 3 Apr 2003
Owlsmoor
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 27 Mar 2003
Greenacres
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 29 Jan 1991
RAE Riseley
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 23 Jan 1991
D/S Lakeside road
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 19 Dec 1990
D/S Sandhurst Lane
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 18 Dec 1990
U/S Cove Brook
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 3 Dec 1990
U/S A325 Frimley
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 30 Nov 1990
D/S Coleford bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 29 Nov 1990
Grove Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 23 Nov 1990
0.5km U/S Coleford bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 17 Oct 1985
300m U/S Coleford bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 17 Oct 1985
U/S Loddon
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 2 Oct 1985
Eversley Trout Fishery
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 1985
D/S Greenacres
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 27 Sept 1985
D/S Whitewater confluence
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 1985
300m U/S Swallowfield G/S
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 23 Sept 1985
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