Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main River Exe?
Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 32 surveyed sites on this water, between 1998 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 salar32 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta31 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio25 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula25 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus24 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae20 siteslatest 16 Sept 2022
- European eelAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 11 Sept 2015
- GraylingThymallus thymallus10 siteslatest 16 Sept 2022
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 6 Sept 2023
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae5 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra2 siteslatest 9 Aug 2010
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 11 Sept 2015
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 3 Sept 2015
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 12 Aug 2014
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 12 Sept 2022
Surveyed sites on this water
32 shown, newest survey first
Hantons at Exford (Te)
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2025
Kemps Valley (Te/WFD)
- Survey events
- 18
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 17 Jul 2025
Exehead (Te)
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 2025
Coppleham Bridge (Te)
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2024
Westermill Farm (Te)
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2024
D/S Nethercote Br (Te)
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 28 Aug 2024
D/S Tiverton S.T.W. (Dip)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 2022
D/S Tiverton Town (Dip)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2022
U/S Iron Bridge (Dip)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2022
Up Exe (Dip)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2022
D/S Stuckeridge Bridge (Dip)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2022
Oakford Bridge (Dip)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2022
U/S Chain Bridge (Dip)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2022
U/S Highleigh Fish Farm (Dip)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2022
D/S Blackpool D/S Gauging weir (Dip)
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2022
Warren Farm (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2022
Lyncombe Farm (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 26 Aug 2022
U/S Barle/Exe Confluence (Dip)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2022
D/S Exebridge Bridge (Dip)
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 15 Aug 2022
Chilly Bridge (Sp)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2022
Hone Farm (Sp)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2022
Larcombe Foot (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2022
Vicarage Bridge (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2022
Yealscombe (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 2 Aug 2022
Weir Bridge (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Aug 2022
Hele Bridge (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2022
U/S Blackpool (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2010
U/s Winslade Wood Stream Conf (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 2009
100m u/s Halfpenny Bridge (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2005
U/S Highleigh Weir (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 Aug 2004
U/S Intake/Carnarvon Arms (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 10 Aug 2004
Hole in the Hedge (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 29 Jul 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