Gowy
- EA ecology area
- Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB112068060250 · GB112068060260 · GB112068060280
- Catchments
- Gowy
Gowy fishing evidence · Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
What fish are in the Gowy?
Monitoring has recorded 28 species across 15 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 and 2026. 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.
15 sites · 72 events
28 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 16 Apr 2026
- Within 2 years
- 1 sites
- 3–5 years
- 2 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 12 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
Search current river conditions & alerts → Compare this evidence with another river → England coarse close season →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.
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus13 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
- European eelAnguilla anguilla13 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula13 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
- GudgeonGobio gobio11 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
- RoachRutilus rutilus11 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 4 May 2006
- PerchPerca fluviatilis8 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
- BullheadCottus gobio7 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus7 siteslatest 23 May 2022
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus6 siteslatest 1 Jun 2022
- European elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 2 Jun 2010
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus5 siteslatest 25 Apr 2014
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 11 Apr 2005
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta3 siteslatest 22 Apr 2014
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae3 siteslatest 16 Jun 2010
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 4 May 2006
- BitterlingRhodeus sericeus2 siteslatest 16 May 2008
- PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 2 Jun 2010
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 16 May 2008
- River lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 16 Apr 2003
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 26 Apr 2006
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 27 Apr 2006
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 27 Apr 2006
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 26 Apr 2006
- River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 27 Apr 2005
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 25 Apr 2002
- Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 13 May 2008
- Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 13 May 2008
Surveyed sites on this water
15 shown, newest survey first
GWGO10
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 16 Apr 2026
GWGO20
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 22 May 2024
GWGO06
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 13 May 2024
GWGO25
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 22
- Latest survey
- 25 Apr 2014
GWGO15
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 22 Apr 2014
GWGO05
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 16 Jun 2010
GWGO02
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 1999
GO12
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 1999
GO15
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 1999
GWGO23
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 1999
GO09
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 1999
GO14
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 1999
GO01
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 26 May 1999
GO06
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 26 May 1999
GO07
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 26 May 1999
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