East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the DS Wissey?
Monitoring has recorded 24 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 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.
- BleakAlburnus alburnus11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- Common breamAbramis brama11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 5 Jul 2012
- PerchPerca fluviatilis11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- PikeEsox lucius11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- TenchTinca tinca11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus10 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 1 Aug 2007
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus6 siteslatest 31 Jul 2024
- BitterlingRhodeus sericeus4 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- Spined loachCobitis taenia3 siteslatest 4 Jul 1996
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 5 Jul 2012
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta2 siteslatest 31 Jul 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio2 siteslatest 17 Oct 1988
- European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 24 Sept 2007
- Bleak x roach hybridAlburnus alburnus x Rutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 20 Aug 2007
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 11 Jun 1991
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 8 May 1991
- ZanderSander lucioperca1 sitelatest 7 Jun 1996
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
Hilgay Moorings
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2024
Catsholme Pump
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 1 Aug 2024
Oxborough Ferry
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2024
Hilgay Fen
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 28 Jun 2012
Wissington Beet
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 20 Aug 2007
Fordham Fen
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2007
Methwold Lode
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 2007
Hilgay Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 17 May 2000
Hilgay
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 15 May 2000
Stoke Ferry
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 17 Apr 2000
Whittington
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 13 Apr 2000
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