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Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Madford River?

Monitoring has recorded 9 species across 4 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 and 2026. 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 trutta4 siteslatest 28 May 2026
  2. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 28 May 2026
  3. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 27 May 2026
  4. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae3 siteslatest 21 Jun 2019
  5. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula2 siteslatest 27 May 2026
  6. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 28 May 2026
  7. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2013
  8. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2013
  9. RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 28 May 2026

Surveyed sites on this water

4 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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