East Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Idle?
Monitoring has recorded 30 species across 10 surveyed sites on this water, between 1983 and 2024. 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.
- European eelAnguilla anguilla10 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 23 Aug 2024
- PikeEsox lucius10 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 23 Aug 2024
- BleakAlburnus alburnus8 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus8 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio8 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- BarbelBarbus barbus7 siteslatest 13 Apr 2017
- Common breamAbramis brama7 siteslatest 23 Aug 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus7 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus6 siteslatest 23 Aug 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus5 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- BullheadCottus gobio5 siteslatest 23 Aug 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 23 Aug 2024
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus4 siteslatest 4 May 2011
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna4 siteslatest 8 May 2014
- Spined loachCobitis taenia4 siteslatest 11 Apr 2017
- TenchTinca tinca4 siteslatest 5 Sept 2006
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 18 May 2010
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 1 Oct 2007
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 19 May 2009
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 3 Nov 2003
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 12 May 2009
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 13 Apr 2017
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 4 May 2011
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 19 May 2009
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 25 Jun 2008
Surveyed sites on this water
10 shown, newest survey first
Bawtry
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 26
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2024
Chain Bridge Lane
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2024
Mattersey Priory
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 13 Apr 2017
Eaton
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 11 Apr 2017
Tiln
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 11 Apr 2017
Idle Valley Nature Reserve
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 2 Jul 2012
Haxey Gate
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2006
Misterton Soss
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 13 Sept 2004
Misson
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 3 Nov 2003
Gamston
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 21 Oct 2003
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