East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)?
Monitoring has recorded 27 species across 24 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 and 2023. 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 alburnus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- PikeEsox lucius24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- Common breamAbramis brama23 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio22 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- TenchTinca tinca20 siteslatest 30 Aug 2023
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus17 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus17 siteslatest 4 Sept 2017
- BarbelBarbus barbus15 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio15 siteslatest 30 Aug 2023
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna13 siteslatest 26 Sept 2001
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula12 siteslatest 30 Aug 2023
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama11 siteslatest 29 Jul 2014
- Spined loachCobitis taenia9 siteslatest 17 Oct 2017
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus7 siteslatest 11 Oct 2017
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 24 Jul 2006
- European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 15 Jul 2005
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 3 Sept 2004
- Dace x bleak hybridLeuciscus leuciscus x Alburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 26 Sept 1994
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 6 Jun 2003
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 18 Oct 1991
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 28 Sept 1994
- ZanderSander lucioperca1 sitelatest 4 Sept 2017
Surveyed sites on this water
24 shown, newest survey first
Kempston Mill
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 31 Aug 2023
Oakley
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 30 Aug 2023
Odell
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2023
Turvey
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2023
Clifton Reynes
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2023
DS Ravenstone Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 15 Aug 2023
Newport Pagnell
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 21
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 2017
Lavendon Mill
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2011
Pavenham
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 17 Aug 2010
Ravenstone Mill
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2010
Radwell / Bletsoe
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 4 Aug 2010
Milton Ernest STW
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2004
Falcon Inn Bletsoe
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 2004
Stoke Mill Sharnbrook
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2004
Emberton Park
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2001
Biddenham
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 17 Nov 1997
Harrold Country Park
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 14 Nov 1997
Queens Park Bedford
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 5 Nov 1997
Clapham
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 27 Oct 1997
Sherrington
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 23 Oct 1997
Felmersham
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 20 Oct 1997
Carlton
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 17 Oct 1997
Newton Blossomville
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 8 Oct 1997
Milton Ernest
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 19 Oct 1994
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