Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main River Parrett?
Monitoring has recorded 36 species across 33 surveyed sites on this water, between 1994 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.
- European eelAnguilla anguilla23 siteslatest 8 Jul 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus21 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus19 siteslatest 11 Aug 2021
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla19 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio18 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula18 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta16 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio16 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus16 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus16 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis14 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- PikeEsox lucius11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus10 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- Common breamAbramis brama10 siteslatest 19 Aug 2021
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna10 siteslatest 9 Aug 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri7 siteslatest 14 Aug 2013
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 3 Aug 2011
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus4 siteslatest 6 Aug 2019
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae4 siteslatest 25 Jul 2023
- Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus4 siteslatest 31 Jul 2014
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius4 siteslatest 14 Aug 2013
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama4 siteslatest 7 Aug 2019
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae3 siteslatest 15 Aug 2013
- TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 10 Aug 2023
- European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 11 Aug 2021
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 6 Aug 2013
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 21 Jun 1994
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2006
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 7 Aug 2019
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2011
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 7 Aug 2013
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2013
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 15 Aug 2013
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 19 Aug 2015
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 1 Jun 1994
Surveyed sites on this water
33 shown, newest survey first
Yeo Valley Creamery
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2025
Kings Sedgemoor Drain D/S Gerylake
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2025
Midelney
- Survey events
- 25
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2025
Pibsbury
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2025
Westover Bridge
- Survey events
- 24
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2025
Oath Lock
- Survey events
- 25
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2025
Gawbridge
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2025
D/S Lecher Water
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2025
Haselbury Mill
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2025
Bow Barn Farm
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 2025
Thorney Moor (Te)
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2014
Oath Lock bye-pass channel
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 2013
D/S Lecher Water
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 15 Aug 2013
Bow Barn Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 14 Aug 2013
Gawbridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 2013
Knapp Br.
- Survey events
- 85
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 8 Aug 2013
Haselbury Mill
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Aug 2013
Parchey
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 18 Aug 2011
Westover Bridge (Te)
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2011
Combe
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 22 Jun 2007
Oath Lock (salmon)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 2006
Between Haslebury Bridges (Se-06)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 15 May 2006
South Petherton (Te)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2005
D/S Gawbridge Mill
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 16 Jun 2004
U/S Broad River
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 19 May 2000
North Perrott
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 1994
U/S Chinnock Brook
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 1994
U/S Lopen Brook
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Jul 1994
U/S Muchelney
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 1994
U/S Yeo Corner
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 15 Jun 1994
D/S Langport Viaduct
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 14 Jun 1994
D/S Petherton Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 8 Jun 1994
U/S Combe Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 1 Jun 1994
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