Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Eel Survey?
Monitoring has recorded 36 species across 13 surveyed sites on this water, between 1999 and 2023. 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.
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla12 siteslatest 10 May 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- GudgeonGobio gobio9 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- BullheadCottus gobio8 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
- PerchPerca fluviatilis7 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula7 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta6 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus6 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- European eelAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 21 Aug 2013
- European elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus5 siteslatest 13 Aug 2013
- PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 20 Aug 2013
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 5 Aug 2013
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus3 siteslatest 16 Jul 2013
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae3 siteslatest 9 Sept 2009
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 23 Apr 2013
- GraylingThymallus thymallus2 siteslatest 29 Aug 2013
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra2 siteslatest 21 Aug 2012
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 18 Aug 2009
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 19 Sept 2012
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2013
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2013
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2011
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 9 Aug 2013
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 23 Apr 2014
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 21 Aug 2012
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 10 Aug 2010
- Rudd x common bream hybridScardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 18 Aug 2013
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 9 Aug 2012
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 24 Aug 2007
Surveyed sites on this water
13 shown, newest survey first
Chard Reservoir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 May 2023
Bossington
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 23 Apr 2014
Bathpool
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 22
- Latest survey
- 29 Aug 2013
Huntspill at Sloway
- Survey events
- 197
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2013
Ashford Farm
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2013
Bow Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 16 Jul 2013
Riverside Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 4 Jul 2013
Eastville Park
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 2013
Noddy's House
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2012
Huntspill sloway tidal d/s sluice
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 30 Aug 2012
Stanton Drew
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2012
Oath Lock D/S
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2009
Sloway extra
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 4 Aug 2009
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