East Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Erewash?
Monitoring has recorded 22 species across 12 surveyed sites on this water, between 1991 and 2025. 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.
- PerchPerca fluviatilis12 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus11 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus11 siteslatest 25 Aug 2022
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus10 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio8 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus8 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 25 Aug 2022
- PikeEsox lucius6 siteslatest 31 May 2019
- BarbelBarbus barbus5 siteslatest 31 May 2019
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta2 siteslatest 25 Aug 2022
- Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 19 May 2010
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 12 Jul 2004
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 26 Jun 2015
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 17 Apr 2019
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2011
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 3 May 2013
- GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 17 Jun 2025
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 13 Jul 2016
- Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 20 May 2010
Surveyed sites on this water
12 shown, newest survey first
Royal Avenue
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 2025
Pinxton
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 25 Aug 2022
Shipley Gate
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 25 Aug 2022
Stoneyford
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 25 Aug 2022
Trowell
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 17 Apr 2019
Erewash Confluence
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 13 Jul 2016
Toton - Top Main River
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 19 May 2010
Toton - Top of Bypass Channel
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 19 May 2010
Toton - Bottom Bypass Channel
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 22 Oct 2009
Toton - Bottom Main River
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 22 Oct 2009
St. Leonards Riding School
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 2004
Awsworth
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 30 Oct 1996
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