Counter Drain
- EA ecology area
- East Anglia
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105031050670 · GB105031050720 · GB105033047712 · GB105033047922
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- Fens · Fyke Netting · Middle Level System
Counter Drain fishing evidence · East Anglia
What fish are in the Counter Drain?
Monitoring has recorded 25 species across 31 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 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.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate.
The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
31 sites · 133 events
25 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 10 Jun 2026
- Within 2 years
- 5 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 11 sites
- Older
- 15 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
Search current river conditions & alerts → Compare this evidence with another river → England coarse close season →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 fluviatilis20 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- RoachRutilus rutilus20 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- PikeEsox lucius19 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- Spined loachCobitis taenia19 siteslatest 9 May 2019
- Common breamAbramis brama16 siteslatest 31 Mar 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla15 siteslatest 3 Apr 2014
- TenchTinca tinca15 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama13 siteslatest 31 Mar 2026
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus13 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- BleakAlburnus alburnus12 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna10 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus9 siteslatest 16 Mar 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus7 siteslatest 31 Mar 2026
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 5 Mar 2026
- ZanderSander lucioperca4 siteslatest 19 Nov 2010
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3 siteslatest 12 Apr 2017
- European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 11 Apr 2011
- BitterlingRhodeus sericeus2 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 31 Mar 2026
- SmeltOsmerus eperlanus2 siteslatest 21 Apr 2011
- Common bream x silver bream hybridAbramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 21 Mar 1988
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 22 Apr 1993
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 22 Apr 2004
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 20 May 1997
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 6 May 2008
Surveyed sites on this water
31 shown, newest survey first
Welney
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 10 Jun 2026
Salters Lode
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 31 Mar 2026
Vandervells Lake
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 11 Mar 2026
Welches
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 10 Mar 2026
Mepal
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 5 Mar 2026
SLS Control 2
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2019
SLS De-silt 1
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2019
SLS De-silt 3
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2019
SLS Weed cut 1
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2019
SLS Weed cut 2
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2019
SLS Weed cut 3
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2019
SLS Control 1
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 1 May 2019
SLS De-silt 2
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 1 May 2019
SLS Weed rake 1
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 1 May 2019
SLS Weed rake 2
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 1 May 2019
SLS Weed rake 3
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 1 May 2019
D/S Guthram
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 29 Mar 2016
D/S Old Railway Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 29 Mar 2016
Sutton Gault
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 3 Apr 2014
US Old Bedford Sluice
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 24 Oct 2012
DS Welney
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 16 May 2008
Baston Fen Road
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 2 Feb 2004
U/S Guthram
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 4 May 1999
Willow Farm
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 28 Apr 1999
Black Sluice
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 12 May 1997
Jolly Bankers
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 12 May 1997
U/S Tongue End
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 12 Apr 1994
Bailey Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 1991
Counter Drain U/S Pode Hole
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 8 Feb 1988
1 Mile D/S Guthram
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 4 Feb 1988
D/S Tongue End
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 1 Feb 1988
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