Cumbria and Lancashire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Border Esk (upstream Ewes Water)?
Monitoring has recorded 6 species across 10 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 and 2025. 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar7 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- European elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 14 Aug 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 24 Jul 2007
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 24 Jul 2025
Surveyed sites on this water
10 shown, newest survey first
Boyken Burn, Border Esk
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2025
Shielburn, Border Esk
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 4 Aug 2022
Westerhall, Rig Burn
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2021
Craig Burn
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2021
Burnfoot, Back Burn
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2021
Bank Burn Foot, Bank Head Burn
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 10 Aug 2021
Billholm Burn
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 10 Aug 2021
Milnholme, River Esk
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 Oct 2004
Billholme, River Esk
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2004
Bentpath, River Esk
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2004
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