East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)?
Monitoring has recorded 22 species across 20 surveyed sites on this water, between 1989 and 2018. 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.
- BleakAlburnus alburnus20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- Common breamAbramis brama20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- GudgeonGobio gobio20 siteslatest 2 Oct 2018
- PerchPerca fluviatilis20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- PikeEsox lucius20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- RoachRutilus rutilus20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama19 siteslatest 10 Sept 2013
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus19 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus18 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus16 siteslatest 2 Oct 2018
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna15 siteslatest 19 Aug 2015
- TenchTinca tinca15 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 17 Aug 2015
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus9 siteslatest 2 Oct 2018
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio4 siteslatest 21 Aug 2015
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 20 Aug 2015
- ZanderSander lucioperca3 siteslatest 9 Oct 2001
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 20 Aug 2015
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 6 Jul 1992
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 24 Jun 2005
- Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 3 Sept 1998
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 20 Aug 2015
Surveyed sites on this water
20 shown, newest survey first
St Neots Common
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 21
- Latest survey
- 5 Oct 2018
Eynesbury
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 3 Oct 2018
Kelpie Marina
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 2 Oct 2018
Longholme
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2018
Offord Triangle
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2015
Renhold
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 2008
DS Barford Power Station
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2008
Little Paxton
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2008
Little Paxton Nature Reserve
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 1 Dec 2006
Brampton
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 3 Oct 2001
Barford Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2001
Buckden Marina
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 14 Oct 1998
DS Samual Jones
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 12 Oct 1998
Offord Intake
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 14 Sept 1998
Riverside Park
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 1998
Barford Power Station
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 25 Aug 1998
Wyboston Lakes
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 1998
Blunham
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 1998
Willington
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 1998
Cardington Navigation
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 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