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Wessex · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Main River Sheppey?

Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 16 surveyed sites on this water, between 1991 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.

  1. European eelAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 22 Sept 2023
  2. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus11 siteslatest 25 Jun 2019
  3. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 22 Sept 2023
  4. ChubLeuciscus cephalus9 siteslatest 22 Sept 2023
  5. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 28 Jul 2023
  6. GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 21 Sept 2023
  7. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula7 siteslatest 25 May 2023
  8. BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 28 Jul 2023
  9. RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 21 Sept 2023
  10. PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 29 May 2012
  11. PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 21 Sept 2023
  12. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 25 May 2023
  13. Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991
  14. European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2018
  15. European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991
  16. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 25 May 2023
  17. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2004
  18. Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus1 sitelatest 14 Jun 2011
  19. Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 25 Aug 2009
  20. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2012
  21. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991

Surveyed sites on this water

16 shown, newest survey first

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