Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main River Yeo (Wessex)?
Monitoring has recorded 25 species across 30 surveyed sites on this water, between 1993 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.
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.
- GudgeonGobio gobio24 siteslatest 30 Jul 2015
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus23 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus23 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla22 siteslatest 18 Jul 2013
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus21 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- PikeEsox lucius18 siteslatest 8 Jul 2010
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus16 siteslatest 30 Jul 2015
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus16 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula16 siteslatest 30 Jul 2015
- PerchPerca fluviatilis13 siteslatest 17 Jul 2014
- BullheadCottus gobio11 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- Common breamAbramis brama11 siteslatest 25 Sept 2013
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta7 siteslatest 29 Jul 2015
- European elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2013
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 21 Jul 2008
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus5 siteslatest 10 May 2005
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 30 Jul 2015
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama3 siteslatest 25 Sept 2013
- TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 23 Jun 2005
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 21 Jul 2008
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 22 Jun 1993
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 23 Jun 1993
- Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2008
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 9 Jun 2005
- Rudd x common bream hybridScardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 23 Jun 2005
Surveyed sites on this water
30 shown, newest survey first
Mudford
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2024
Up Mudford Investigation Site
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 30 Jul 2015
Yeovil Bridge (Te)
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 17 Jul 2014
Bradford Abbas (Te)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2013
Pibsbury Pumping Station (Te)
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 9 Jul 2013
Goathill Higher
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2010
Goathill Lower
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2010
Sherborne STW
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 2010
Thornford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 14 Jul 2010
Gas Works d/s Ilchester (Te)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 29 Jul 2008
D/S Sherborne Lake (Te)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 2007
Clifton Maybank (Te)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 25 Aug 2004
U/S confl. Sherborne Lake Stream
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 29 Jul 1993
Honeycombe Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 28 Jul 1993
U/S Lake Borehole
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 27 Jul 1993
D/S Pen Mill Gauging Station
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 20 Jul 1993
Newton Surmaville
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 15 Jul 1993
Over Compton
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 13 Jul 1993
Up Mudford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 1993
D/S Yeovilton Weir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 1993
Witcomb Drove
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 30 Jun 1993
U/S Ashington Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 29 Jun 1993
Manor Farm, Ashington
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 1993
D/S Hainbury Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 1993
Great Yard, Ilchester
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 22 Jun 1993
D/S Load Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 10 Jun 1993
D/S Ablake
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 8 Jun 1993
U/S Yeovilton Weir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 14 May 1993
U/S Ablake
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 12 May 1993
U/S Pill Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 5 May 1993
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