Irwell
- EA ecology area
- Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB112069060840 · GB112069061450 · GB112069064620 · GB112069064630 · GB112069064640 · GB112069064660
- Catchments
- Mersey
Irwell fishing evidence · Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
What fish are in the Irwell?
Monitoring has recorded 13 species across 21 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 and 2022. 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.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate.
The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
21 sites · 46 events
13 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 9 Jun 2022
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 2 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 19 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
Search current river conditions & alerts → Compare this evidence with another river → England coarse close season →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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta17 siteslatest 9 Jun 2022
- BullheadCottus gobio14 siteslatest 9 Jun 2022
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus13 siteslatest 3 Aug 2015
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula10 siteslatest 3 Aug 2015
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 13 Jul 2011
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 26 Sept 2008
- GudgeonGobio gobio4 siteslatest 7 May 2014
- RoachRutilus rutilus4 siteslatest 7 Jun 2006
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 7 Jun 2006
- PikeEsox lucius3 siteslatest 7 Jun 2006
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 6 Jun 2006
- Orfe / IdeLeuciscus idus1 sitelatest 29 Jun 2004
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 13 Jul 2011
Surveyed sites on this water
21 shown, newest survey first
IWIR01
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 9 Jun 2022
IWIR04
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 9 Jun 2022
IWIR07
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 2015
IWIR08
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 2015
d/s Holme Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 Jul 2014
u/s Holme Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 Jul 2014
IWIR20
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 7 May 2014
IWIR05.5
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 13 Jul 2011
IWIR10
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 26 Sept 2008
IWIR25
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 6 Jun 2006
IWIR15
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 2006
IWIR03
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 29 Jun 2004
IWIR09
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 29 Jun 2004
IWIR06
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 9 Jul 2003
IWIR05
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 2002
IR12
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 8 Jan 1997
IR13
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 8 Jan 1997
IR14
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 8 Jan 1997
IR07
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 6 Jan 1997
IR10
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 6 Jan 1997
IR05
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 22 Nov 1996
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