Main River Avon Sites (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)
- EA ecology area
- Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
- Waterbody IDs
- GB108046004900 · GB108046004940
- Catchments
- Avon (Devon)
Main River Avon Sites fishing evidence · Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
What fish are in the Main River Avon Sites (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)?
Monitoring has recorded 12 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 and 2024. 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.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate.
The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
11 sites · 42 events
12 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 20 Jun 2024
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 8 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 3 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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 trutta11 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar9 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio8 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula7 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus6 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 11 Sept 2012
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
- European elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 7 Sept 2023
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae3 siteslatest 13 Sept 2022
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 9 Aug 2022
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 9 Aug 2022
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 15 Jul 2014
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
Avonwick Station (Te)
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 20 Jun 2024
Avonwick Station (5 min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2023
Bickham Bridge (Dip/5 min)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2023
Backhill Copse (5min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2023
D/S South Brent STW (5 min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2023
Bow Copse (5 min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 17 Aug 2023
U/S Hatchbridge (Dip)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 13 Sept 2022
U/S Knap Mill (Sp)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2022
Didworthy (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 2006
Avon Dam Bridge (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 31 Aug 2006
Woolholes Bridge (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 31 Aug 2006
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