Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main Bristol Frome?
Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 14 surveyed sites on this water, between 1998 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta10 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus9 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus8 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 26 Jul 2022
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 6 Jul 2022
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
- PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 20 Jul 2005
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 3 Jul 2013
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 15 Aug 2012
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 29 Aug 2006
- European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 15 Jul 2014
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 27 Aug 1998
- BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 5 Jul 2016
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 22 Jul 2005
- Topmouth gudgeonPseudorasbora parva1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2022
Surveyed sites on this water
14 shown, newest survey first
Eastville Park (Te)
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 4 Jul 2023
Goose Green
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 14 Jun 2023
Damsons Bridge (Te)
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 2022
Oldbury Court
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 5 Jul 2022
Nibley (Se-03)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 27 Jul 2021
Meadowmead
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2012
St Johns Park
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2012
Frenchay, Flock Mill (Te)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 3 Aug 2010
Watley's End
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 29 Aug 2007
Colts Green (Se-03)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 7 May 2003
Frenchay, Chapel Lane
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 8 May 2002
Dodington (Coombes end)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 23 Sept 1998
U/S Cleeve Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 1998
Frampton Cotterell
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 1998
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