Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Burn?
Monitoring has recorded 13 species across 8 surveyed sites on this water, between 1983 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 1 Jun 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 16 Nov 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 6 Jul 2005
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 9 Nov 2022
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar4 siteslatest 1 Jun 2026
- BullheadCottus gobio4 siteslatest 1 Jun 2026
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3 siteslatest 16 Nov 2023
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 1 Jun 2026
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra2 siteslatest 26 Jun 2000
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2009
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 16 Nov 2023
- Lampetra sp. > ammocoeteLampetra1 sitelatest 10 Jun 2021
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2010
Surveyed sites on this water
8 shown, newest survey first
Burn Ford
- Survey events
- 24
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 1 Jun 2026
Burn Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2025
Nelson's Birthplace
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 26 Sept 2024
Roy's Mill
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2024
D/S Burn Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2024
Lower Burn Ford
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2024
Burnham Mill
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 3 Jun 2008
South Creake
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 14 May 2008
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