Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main River Brue?
Monitoring has recorded 25 species across 22 surveyed sites on this water, between 1990 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.
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula15 siteslatest 23 May 2023
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus14 siteslatest 2 Jun 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio12 siteslatest 27 Jun 2019
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus10 siteslatest 2 Jun 2023
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta10 siteslatest 8 Aug 2012
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 2 Jun 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio8 siteslatest 2 Jun 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus7 siteslatest 2 Jun 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 8 Aug 2012
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus6 siteslatest 2 Jun 2023
- PikeEsox lucius6 siteslatest 23 May 2023
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna5 siteslatest 5 Jul 2011
- Common breamAbramis brama4 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus3 siteslatest 18 Aug 2009
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 17 Jun 2015
- Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus2 siteslatest 14 Jun 2011
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 25 Jun 2019
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 17 Jun 2015
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 14 Jun 2005
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 8 Jun 2016
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 23 Jun 2006
- Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 12 May 2005
Surveyed sites on this water
22 shown, newest survey first
Barton Road
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 2 Jun 2023
Abbotts Fish House U/S Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 30 May 2023
Westhay Bridge (Te)
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 23 May 2023
Abbots Fish House (Te)
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2019
Hackness Sluice d/s
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 25 Apr 2017
Church Moor, Baltonsborough (Te)
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 2013
Wyke House
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 8 Aug 2012
D/S Ansford Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2011
Gants Mill (Se-04)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2011
Lovington
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 24 Aug 2011
Brue at North Drain Pmp Stn
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2008
Westhay
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2008
Clanville Manor
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 26 Apr 2006
D/S Wyke Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 26 Apr 2006
U/S Alford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 26 Apr 2006
Alford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 1990
D/s Lovington Weir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 1990
Ansford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 1990
Lower Sutton Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 1990
Sheephouse Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 18 Jul 1990
Border Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 1990
Colinshays Manor
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 1990
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