Kent, South London and East Sussex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Cuckmere?
Monitoring has recorded 29 species across 12 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.
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus12 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 11 Sept 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- PikeEsox lucius9 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula9 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 18 Sept 2024
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri7 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio7 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus7 siteslatest 8 Nov 2024
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 27 Aug 2021
- Common breamAbramis brama5 siteslatest 18 Sept 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 11 Sept 2024
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae4 siteslatest 10 Sept 2007
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 18 Sept 2024
- TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 24 Sept 2018
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 16 Sept 2008
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2018
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus2 siteslatest 4 Sept 2002
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 11 Sept 2024
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 31 Aug 2007
- Golden grey mulletLiza aurata1 sitelatest 17 Oct 2012
- Grey mullet sp.Mugilidae1 sitelatest 23 Oct 2009
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 18 Apr 2013
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 15 Sept 2003
- Sea bassDicentrarchus labrax1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2024
- Thin lipped grey mulletLiza ramada1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2024
Surveyed sites on this water
12 shown, newest survey first
Michelham Priory Road Bridge D/S
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 8 Nov 2024
Long Bridge
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 2024
Sherman Bridge
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2024
Horselunges Bridge
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 28 Aug 2024
U/S Tumblers Gate
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 27 Aug 2021
Sessingham Farm
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 2018
Michelham Priory
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 19 Sept 2018
Sheepwash Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 2018
Mill Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2013
Arlington Intake
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 22 Sept 2006
Grove Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2004
Boship Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 11 Oct 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