Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Manchester?
Monitoring has recorded 12 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 2008 and 2009. 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.
- PerchPerca fluviatilis11 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- Common breamAbramis brama10 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio7 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius3 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- PikeEsox lucius3 siteslatest 9 Mar 2009
- GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
- Golden goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 25 Feb 2009
- Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella1 sitelatest 25 Feb 2009
- Wels catfishSilurus glanis1 sitelatest 25 Feb 2009
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
Sandhole Pool
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 12 Mar 2009
Roe Green
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 9 Mar 2009
Planet Top Reservoir, Bolton
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 2 Mar 2009
Reddish Vale Bottom Pool, Stockport
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 25 Feb 2009
Baguley Brow, Heywood
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 16 Feb 2009
Moses Gate, Farnworth
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 23 Jan 2009
Albert Works, Radcliffe
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 Nov 2008
Park Field Reservoir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 3 Nov 2008
Platt Fields Lake, Fallowfield
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 13 Oct 2008
Match Lodge, Rochdale
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 8 Oct 2008
Trafford Ecology Park
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 6 Oct 2008
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