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Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Lincolnshire Lakes?

Monitoring has recorded 44 species across 163 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 and 2011. 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. RoachRutilus rutilus144 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  2. PerchPerca fluviatilis121 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  3. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus119 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  4. Common breamAbramis brama106 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  5. TenchTinca tinca102 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  6. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio99 siteslatest 8 Dec 2009
  7. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio91 siteslatest 8 Dec 2009
  8. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama83 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  9. Crucian carpCarassius carassius82 siteslatest 11 Dec 2007
  10. PikeEsox lucius53 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  11. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna51 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  12. GudgeonGobio gobio38 siteslatest 11 Dec 2007
  13. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus33 siteslatest 16 Nov 2005
  14. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus33 siteslatest 23 Jan 2008
  15. ChubLeuciscus cephalus28 siteslatest 11 Dec 2007
  16. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus26 siteslatest 12 Dec 2001
  17. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus16 siteslatest 23 Jan 2003
  18. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla16 siteslatest 23 Jan 2008
  19. Leather carpCyprinus carpio15 siteslatest 12 Dec 2001
  20. Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella11 siteslatest 23 Nov 2005
  21. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus11 siteslatest 6 Dec 2001
  22. Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus8 siteslatest 11 Dec 2007
  23. Ghost carpCyprinus carpio6 siteslatest 11 Dec 2007
  24. FlounderPlatichthys flesus5 siteslatest 21 Jan 1998
  25. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta3 siteslatest 11 Jan 1990
  26. Golden orfeLeuciscus idus3 siteslatest 3 Dec 2002
  27. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 25 Feb 1997
  28. BleakAlburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 11 Dec 2007
  29. Common bream x silver bream hybridAbramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 19 Jan 1994
  30. Common carp x crucian carp hybridCyprinus carpio x Carassius carassius2 siteslatest 23 Nov 2005
  31. Golden tenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 3 Dec 2002
  32. Koi carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 14 Jan 2003
  33. Orfe / IdeLeuciscus idus2 siteslatest 23 Jan 2008
  34. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 4 Oct 1989
  35. Wels catfishSilurus glanis2 siteslatest 23 Nov 2005
  36. All species1 sitelatest 11 Dec 2007
  37. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 12 Feb 2002
  38. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 25 Feb 2003
  39. Golden goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 3 Dec 2002
  40. Goldfish varietiesCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 3 Dec 2002
  41. Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 27 Apr 1987
  42. Rudd x common bream hybridScardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 5 Dec 2001
  43. Rudd x silver bream hybridScardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 14 Jan 2003
  44. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 23 Jan 2003

Surveyed sites on this water

163 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
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