Elstow Brook
- EA ecology area
- East Anglia
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105033038050 · GB105033038110 · GB105033038130
- Catchments
- Middle Ouse
Elstow Brook fishing evidence · East Anglia
What fish are in the Elstow Brook?
Monitoring has recorded 19 species across 8 surveyed sites on this water, between 1989 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.
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.
8 sites · 23 events
19 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 29 Aug 2024
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 2 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 6 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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.
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus7 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus7 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus6 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- Spined loachCobitis taenia6 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus5 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- PerchPerca fluviatilis5 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 6 May 2003
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2014
- European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 6 May 2003
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 1 Aug 2013
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2024
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 6 May 2003
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 24 Mar 2011
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 19 Apr 2006
Surveyed sites on this water
8 shown, newest survey first
Willington
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 29 Aug 2024
Elstow Moor
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 14 Aug 2024
Hardwick Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 24 Mar 2011
DS Hardwick Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 6 May 2003
Harrowden Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 6 May 2003
Manor Farm Harrowden
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 7 Aug 2002
Cardington
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 1998
Harrowden
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 1 Jul 1998
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