Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Bristol Avon main river?
Monitoring has recorded 27 species across 10 surveyed sites on this water, between 1999 and 2024. 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.
- PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus9 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus9 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
- PikeEsox lucius9 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- BleakAlburnus alburnus7 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- BarbelBarbus barbus6 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta6 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 27 Aug 2013
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
- TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 2 Aug 2006
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 19 Jul 2011
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 21 Aug 2019
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2 siteslatest 30 Aug 2017
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 23 Aug 2017
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2014
- BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 30 Aug 2017
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2006
- GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 26 May 1999
- Lampetra sp. > ammocoeteLampetra1 sitelatest 30 Aug 2017
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 7 Jul 2005
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2013
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2014
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 27 May 1999
Surveyed sites on this water
10 shown, newest survey first
Chippenham (Te)
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2024
Christian Malford (Te)
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2023
Great Somerford (Te)
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2023
Lacock (Te)
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2019
Melksham
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 30 Aug 2017
Barton Country Park
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 2014
Rawlings Farm (Te)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 2006
Cow Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 27 May 1999
u/s Kingsmead Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 26 May 1999
d/s Malmesbury bypass
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 20 May 1999
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