East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)?
Monitoring has recorded 28 species across 22 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 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.
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 fluviatilis22 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- PikeEsox lucius22 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus21 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- BullheadCottus gobio20 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus20 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus19 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- GudgeonGobio gobio19 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus18 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula18 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
- Common breamAbramis brama13 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
- TenchTinca tinca12 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 3 Jun 2025
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus9 siteslatest 10 Oct 2016
- Spined loachCobitis taenia9 siteslatest 8 Oct 2019
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 19 Oct 2022
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri8 siteslatest 10 Oct 2017
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama7 siteslatest 18 Jun 2024
- BleakAlburnus alburnus5 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- BarbelBarbus barbus4 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 24 Apr 2008
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 11 Jun 1997
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 1 May 2009
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 18 May 2006
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 11 Jun 1997
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 26 Jun 1991
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 31 Oct 2016
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 19 Apr 1993
Surveyed sites on this water
22 shown, newest survey first
DS Wolverton Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 21 Apr 2026
Manor Farm Cosgrove
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 2025
Passenham
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 12 Jun 2025
Thornborough Mill
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 2025
Buckingham
- Survey events
- 21
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 3 Jun 2025
Westbury
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 9 Jul 2024
Mill Farm
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2024
Water Stratford
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 2024
Brackley
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 4 Jun 2024
Stony Stratford Bypass Channel
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 8 Oct 2019
Mill Farm Gayhurst
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 19 Aug 2019
Mount Mill Farm
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2013
Old Stratford
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 30 Jul 2013
Wolverton Mill
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 29 Jun 2010
Turweston
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2008
Whitfield
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2008
Haversham Weir
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 25 Apr 2008
DS Passenham Weir
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 17 Apr 2008
Stony Stratford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Nov 2001
Radclive Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 30 Apr 1997
US Mill Farm
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 17 Apr 1997
Old Mill House Buckingham
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 14 Apr 1997
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