Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Main Tamar?
Monitoring has recorded 19 species across 40 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 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.
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar38 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta36 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio20 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- GraylingThymallus thymallus19 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula18 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla17 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus17 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla12 siteslatest 27 Jun 2018
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri9 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 1 Aug 2022
- European elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 7 Jul 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus4 siteslatest 6 Sept 2022
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 15 Dec 2013
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 16 Aug 2018
- Allis shadAlosa alosa1 sitelatest 26 Jun 2018
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 21 Jun 2016
- Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 23 Jul 2008
- Sea lampreyPetromyzon marinus1 sitelatest 19 Jun 2018
Surveyed sites on this water
40 shown, newest survey first
Tamarstone
- Survey events
- 27
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2025
u/s North Tamerton
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2024
Lawhitton
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2023
u/s Polson Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2023
Gordonhill Plantation
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2023
Lowley Confluence
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2023
Wishworthy
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2023
d/s Greystone Bridge
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 2023
d/s Netherbridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 2023
Dexbeer
- Survey events
- 18
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 2022
Luffincott
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 23 Aug 2022
Gravel
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 19 Aug 2022
Southcombe
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 19 Aug 2022
u/s Lamerhooe Ford
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 19 Aug 2022
Tamartown
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 2 Aug 2022
Bridgerule
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 1 Aug 2022
Gunnislake Weir Index River Fish Trap
- Survey events
- 3348
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 13 Dec 2018
u/s Tamar Lakes
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 19 May 2016
Tetcott Gravel Reb Site 7
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2010
Tetcott Spawning Bed 1
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2010
Tetcott Spawning Bed 2
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2006
Boyton
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2006
Great Moreton
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2006
North Tamerton
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2006
Bridgetown
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 13 Jul 2004
Leighwood Waterfall
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 2 Jul 2004
Crowford Bridge
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 16 Jul 1999
d/s Small Brook
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 1999
u/s Small Brook
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 1999
Bradford Manor
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 7 Aug 1998
Moreton Mill
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 1996
d/s North Tamerton (upper riffle)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 1995
d/s Trepoyle
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 1993
u/s Trepoyle
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 1993
Haydon
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 1993
d/s Crowford Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 6 Sept 1993
d/s North Tamerton (lower riffle)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 1993
u/s North Tamerton (lower riffle)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 1993
u/s North Tamerton (upper riffle)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 7 Jun 1993
Virworthy
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 4 Jun 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