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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.

  1. PerchPerca fluviatilis22 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  2. PikeEsox lucius22 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  3. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus21 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  4. BullheadCottus gobio20 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
  5. RoachRutilus rutilus20 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  6. ChubLeuciscus cephalus19 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  7. GudgeonGobio gobio19 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  8. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus18 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  9. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula18 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
  10. Common breamAbramis brama13 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
  11. TenchTinca tinca12 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  12. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 3 Jun 2025
  13. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus9 siteslatest 10 Oct 2016
  14. Spined loachCobitis taenia9 siteslatest 8 Oct 2019
  15. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 19 Oct 2022
  16. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri8 siteslatest 10 Oct 2017
  17. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama7 siteslatest 18 Jun 2024
  18. BleakAlburnus alburnus5 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
  19. BarbelBarbus barbus4 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
  20. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
  21. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 24 Apr 2008
  22. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 11 Jun 1997
  23. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 1 May 2009
  24. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 18 May 2006
  25. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 11 Jun 1997
  26. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 26 Jun 1991
  27. Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 31 Oct 2016
  28. Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 19 Apr 1993

Surveyed sites on this water

22 shown, newest survey first

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