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West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Lugg?

Monitoring has recorded 30 species across 57 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 and 2023. 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. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta43 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  2. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus41 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  3. BullheadCottus gobio39 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  4. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar33 siteslatest 27 Sept 2022
  5. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula24 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  6. GraylingThymallus thymallus19 siteslatest 27 Sept 2022
  7. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus16 siteslatest 23 Jul 2019
  8. BarbelBarbus barbus13 siteslatest 13 Sept 2017
  9. ChubLeuciscus cephalus12 siteslatest 14 Sept 2015
  10. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  11. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus10 siteslatest 13 Sept 2017
  12. GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  13. PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 30 Jun 2010
  14. European eelAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 24 Jul 2019
  15. BleakAlburnus alburnus5 siteslatest 23 Sept 2013
  16. PerchPerca fluviatilis5 siteslatest 27 Sept 2011
  17. RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 23 Sept 2013
  18. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae4 siteslatest 24 Sept 2021
  19. Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae4 siteslatest 27 Sept 2022
  20. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 24 Jul 2019
  21. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2017
  22. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2017
  23. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 13 Oct 1998
  24. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 14 Oct 2010
  25. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2009
  26. European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2005
  27. Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2014
  28. Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 14 Oct 2010
  29. Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2011
  30. River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2011

Surveyed sites on this water

57 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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