East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Ely Ouse?
Monitoring has recorded 32 species across 10 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 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.
- Common breamAbramis brama10 siteslatest 18 Oct 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla10 siteslatest 4 Oct 2017
- PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 18 Oct 2023
- PikeEsox lucius10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama10 siteslatest 19 Sept 2023
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna10 siteslatest 19 Sept 2023
- TenchTinca tinca10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- ZanderSander lucioperca10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus9 siteslatest 29 Jul 2009
- BleakAlburnus alburnus8 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 30 Jul 2009
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 3 Oct 2017
- BitterlingRhodeus sericeus6 siteslatest 18 Oct 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 6 Sept 2005
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 8 Oct 2015
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 4 Oct 2017
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus3 siteslatest 22 Sept 2006
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 3 Oct 2017
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 23 Sept 2003
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 1 Sept 2005
- Spined loachCobitis taenia2 siteslatest 3 Oct 2017
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2003
- Common bream x silver bream hybridAbramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 4 Aug 2000
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 30 Jul 2009
- Dace x bleak hybridLeuciscus leuciscus x Alburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2006
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 13 Sept 1990
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 1 Sept 2005
- SmeltOsmerus eperlanus1 sitelatest 4 Sept 1990
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 8 Oct 2015
Surveyed sites on this water
10 shown, newest survey first
Ten Mile Bank
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 18 Oct 2023
Little Thetford
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 10 Oct 2023
Sandhill Bridge
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 23
- Latest survey
- 19 Sept 2023
Wissey Outfall
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2006
Denver
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 22 Sept 2006
Brandon Creek
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 2006
Plantation House
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 14 Sept 2006
Branch Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2006
Queen Adelaide
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2006
Ely High Bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2006
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