Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Great Eau FMU?
Monitoring has recorded 23 species across 14 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 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.
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 anguilla13 siteslatest 2 Jun 2022
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus12 siteslatest 4 Jun 2018
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus10 siteslatest 1 Apr 2014
- PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 1 Jun 2022
- PikeEsox lucius10 siteslatest 4 Jun 2018
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 1 Jun 2015
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama8 siteslatest 2 Oct 1996
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna8 siteslatest 2 Oct 1996
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 27 Nov 2013
- Common breamAbramis brama7 siteslatest 22 Apr 2003
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta5 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- GraylingThymallus thymallus5 siteslatest 1 Jun 2022
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss5 siteslatest 2 Jun 2022
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 15 Apr 2003
- BullheadCottus gobio4 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus4 siteslatest 1 Jun 2015
- TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 21 May 2009
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 24 Apr 2007
- Common gobyPomatoschistus microps2 siteslatest 7 Nov 1989
- European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 24 Apr 2007
- Common bream x silver bream hybridAbramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 9 Jul 1986
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 11 May 1992
- SpratSprattus sprattus1 sitelatest 25 Oct 1989
Surveyed sites on this water
14 shown, newest survey first
Belleau Spring
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 18 Jul 2024
Withern Road Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 2 Jun 2022
Claythorpe Gauging Station
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 1 Jun 2022
Gayton Engine
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 4 Jun 2018
Woods Farm
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 1 Jun 2018
DS Claythorpe Mill
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 30 May 2018
Cloves Bridge U/S
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 2 Apr 2014
Sea View Road
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 2 Apr 2014
Barfen Farm
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 16 Apr 2003
U/S R/B Sea Doors
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 6 Jun 1995
Rimac
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 2 Jun 1995
Will Row
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 25 May 1995
Gayton Le Marsh
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 22 May 1995
Gayton Pump
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 18 May 1995
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