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.
- European eelAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 22 Sept 2023
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus11 siteslatest 25 Jun 2019
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 22 Sept 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus9 siteslatest 22 Sept 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 28 Jul 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 21 Sept 2023
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula7 siteslatest 25 May 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 28 Jul 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 21 Sept 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 29 May 2012
- PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 21 Sept 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 25 May 2023
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2018
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 25 May 2023
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2004
- Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus1 sitelatest 14 Jun 2011
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 25 Aug 2009
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2012
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991
Surveyed sites on this water
16 shown, newest survey first
Melsbury Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 22 Sept 2023
Hurn Weir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 21 Sept 2023
D/s Woodford Bridge
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 28 Jul 2023
Godney Farm (Te)
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 25 May 2023
Charlton House
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 8 Aug 2012
D/s A371
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 29 May 2012
Dinder (Se-04)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 18 May 2011
Croscombe
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 1991
D/S Dinder
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 1991
D/S Dulcote
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 1991
U/S Woodford Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 1991
Coxley Wick
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 1991
The Piggeries
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 1991
River Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 1991
Hurn & Shotts Farms
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 1991
U/S confl. Division Rhyne
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 20 Aug 1991
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