Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main Cardinham?
Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 1977 and 2025. 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.
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar6 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta6 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 7 Jul 2009
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra5 siteslatest 8 Aug 2006
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae3 siteslatest 4 Aug 2000
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae3 siteslatest 26 Jun 2012
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 10 Sept 1997
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra2 siteslatest 24 Aug 1998
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 10 Aug 2010
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2018
- Lampetra sp. > ammocoeteLampetra1 sitelatest 12 Jun 1979
- Salmonid species1 sitelatest 12 Apr 1978
Surveyed sites on this water
6 shown, newest survey first
Margate Ford
- Survey events
- 34
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2025
Woodford
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2024
Fletchers Bridge
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2024
Millpool Bridge
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 12 Jun 2024
Cardinham
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 9 Sept 2004
Peach Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2004
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