Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main Lynher?
Monitoring has recorded 11 species across 20 surveyed sites on this water, between 1982 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta20 siteslatest 26 Aug 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar19 siteslatest 26 Aug 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla17 siteslatest 23 Aug 2019
- BullheadCottus gobio14 siteslatest 26 Aug 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 26 Aug 2025
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri9 siteslatest 1 Jul 2025
- European elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 26 Aug 2025
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 12 Aug 2010
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 10 Sept 2024
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2008
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2018
Surveyed sites on this water
20 shown, newest survey first
Kerney Mill
- Survey events
- 23
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 26 Aug 2025
Knighton
- Survey events
- 24
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Jul 2025
Trevague
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 2024
Rilla Mill
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2024
Plusha Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2024
Berriowbridge
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2024
U/S Berriobridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2024
D/S Trebartha
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 29 Aug 2024
Trebartha
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 29 Aug 2024
Bathpool
- Survey events
- 22
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 27 Aug 2024
Bicton Bridge
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2024
Pillaton Mill
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 20 Aug 2024
U/S Kerney Mill Dip
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2024
Tregirls
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 28 Jun 2018
Clapper Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2006
Newbridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2006
Tregrenna
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 1997
Trewint Marsh
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 11 Jul 1997
Stara Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 1997
Trenilk
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 9 Jun 1997
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