East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)?
Monitoring has recorded 31 species across 22 surveyed sites on this water, between 1989 and 2025. 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 fluviatilis21 siteslatest 22 Oct 2025
- PikeEsox lucius21 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus21 siteslatest 22 Oct 2025
- BleakAlburnus alburnus20 siteslatest 15 Oct 2025
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus19 siteslatest 22 Oct 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio19 siteslatest 22 Oct 2025
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama19 siteslatest 25 Sept 2013
- Common breamAbramis brama18 siteslatest 15 Oct 2025
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus18 siteslatest 1 Oct 2019
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna18 siteslatest 29 Sept 2016
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus17 siteslatest 29 Sept 2016
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus16 siteslatest 2 Oct 2019
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla15 siteslatest 15 Sept 2024
- TenchTinca tinca15 siteslatest 11 Oct 2019
- ZanderSander lucioperca13 siteslatest 27 Sept 2013
- BullheadCottus gobio9 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus6 siteslatest 9 Nov 2007
- BitterlingRhodeus sericeus5 siteslatest 11 Oct 2019
- Spined loachCobitis taenia5 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 10 Sept 2010
- European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 27 Oct 2010
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 27 Sept 2013
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 8 Sept 1992
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 5 Nov 2009
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 28 Sept 2016
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 8 Sept 1992
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 28 Jul 1999
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 23 Sept 2024
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 18 Jun 2023
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 3 Oct 1989
- Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 19 Jul 2005
Surveyed sites on this water
22 shown, newest survey first
Holywell
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 22 Oct 2025
Hemingford Meadow
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 21 Oct 2025
Houghton
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 2025
Portholme Meadow
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 15 Oct 2025
Brownshill Elver Trap
- Survey events
- 1042
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 23 Sept 2024
Pike & Eel
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 24
- Latest survey
- 11 Oct 2019
US Dolphin Meadow
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 2 Oct 2019
Hartford Church
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 20 Aug 2010
Brownshill Pumping Station (Eel Monitoring)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 2 May 2007
Hermitage Lock Drain (Eel Monitoring)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 25 Apr 2007
Dolphin Meadow
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2003
Hemingford Grey
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 28 Aug 2003
Castle Hills Huntingdon
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 26 Aug 2003
Mow Fen
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 4 Aug 2003
St Ives
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2003
Earith
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 17 Aug 1999
Bluntisham
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 1999
Meadow Lane St Ives
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 1999
Hemingford Abbots
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 1999
Houghton Lock
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 19 Jul 1999
Hartford
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 13 Jul 1999
Portholme Lock
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 9 Jul 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