Main River Waldon
- EA ecology area
- Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
- Waterbody IDs
- GB108050014160 · GB108050014270
- Catchments
- Torridge
Main River Waldon fishing evidence · Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
What fish are in the Main River Waldon?
Monitoring has recorded 10 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 and 2024. 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.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate.
The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
6 sites · 43 events
10 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 3 Sept 2024
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 4 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 2 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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 salar6 siteslatest 24 Jul 2024
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta6 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae3 siteslatest 24 Jul 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 24 Jul 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 24 Jul 2024
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2014
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 24 Jul 2024
Surveyed sites on this water
6 shown, newest survey first
Instaple (Sp)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2024
Sutcombe Mill (Te)
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2024
Thornbury Bridge (Sp)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2024
Honnacott (Sp)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 18 Jul 2024
U/S Waldon Bridge (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2002
Henscott Bridge (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 27 Sept 2002
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