East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Horsey Mere?
Monitoring has recorded 11 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 and 2005. 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 rutilus11 siteslatest 1 Sept 2005
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus9 siteslatest 1 Sept 2005
- PerchPerca fluviatilis9 siteslatest 1 Sept 2005
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama7 siteslatest 31 Aug 2005
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 1 Sept 2005
- PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 31 Aug 2005
- Common breamAbramis brama4 siteslatest 1 Sept 2005
- Common gobyPomatoschistus microps3 siteslatest 23 Sept 1993
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 1 Sept 2005
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 17 Oct 1986
- SmeltOsmerus eperlanus1 sitelatest 22 Oct 1986
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
78
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2005
81
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2005
85
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2005
77
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 31 Aug 2005
83
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 31 Aug 2005
79
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 14 Sept 1998
80
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 1998
76
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 1998
82
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 25 Aug 1998
86
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 1993
84
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 22 Oct 1986
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