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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.

  1. BleakAlburnus alburnus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  2. ChubLeuciscus cephalus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  3. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  4. PerchPerca fluviatilis24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  5. PikeEsox lucius24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  6. RoachRutilus rutilus24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  7. Common breamAbramis brama23 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  8. GudgeonGobio gobio22 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  9. TenchTinca tinca20 siteslatest 30 Aug 2023
  10. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus17 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  11. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus17 siteslatest 4 Sept 2017
  12. BarbelBarbus barbus15 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
  13. BullheadCottus gobio15 siteslatest 30 Aug 2023
  14. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna13 siteslatest 26 Sept 2001
  15. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula12 siteslatest 30 Aug 2023
  16. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama11 siteslatest 29 Jul 2014
  17. Spined loachCobitis taenia9 siteslatest 17 Oct 2017
  18. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  19. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus7 siteslatest 11 Oct 2017
  20. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 24 Jul 2006
  21. European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 15 Jul 2005
  22. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 3 Sept 2004
  23. Dace x bleak hybridLeuciscus leuciscus x Alburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 26 Sept 1994
  24. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 6 Jun 2003
  25. Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 18 Oct 1991
  26. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 28 Sept 1994
  27. ZanderSander lucioperca1 sitelatest 4 Sept 2017

Surveyed sites on this water

24 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