East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Hickling Broad?
Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 17 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 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.
- RoachRutilus rutilus17 siteslatest 23 Jan 2026
- Common breamAbramis brama15 siteslatest 23 Jan 2026
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama15 siteslatest 15 Jan 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis14 siteslatest 23 Jan 2026
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus13 siteslatest 12 Feb 2016
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus12 siteslatest 11 Feb 2015
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 30 Jan 2023
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius5 siteslatest 5 Oct 1998
- PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 23 Jan 2026
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 23 Jan 2026
- SmeltOsmerus eperlanus3 siteslatest 20 Sept 1993
- Common gobyPomatoschistus microps1 sitelatest 1 Oct 1986
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 14 Feb 2006
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 25 Feb 2009
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 14 Feb 2006
- Sea bassDicentrarchus labrax1 sitelatest 4 Sept 1989
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 23 Jan 2026
Surveyed sites on this water
17 shown, newest survey first
Catfield Dyke
- Survey events
- 21
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 23 Jan 2026
701
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 5 Oct 1998
700
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 1998
62
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 1998
67
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 28 Jul 1998
69
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 1998
63
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 1993
68
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 15 Sept 1993
64
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 1993
66
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 1993
70
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 1993
65
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 1993
71
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 26 Sept 1989
73
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 1989
72
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 1989
74
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 1989
75
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 1989
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