Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Medlock?
Monitoring has recorded 11 species across 14 surveyed sites on this water, between 1995 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 1 Jun 2023
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus6 siteslatest 24 May 2013
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 24 May 2013
- RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 24 Apr 2006
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 25 Sept 2002
- GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 21 Aug 2001
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 19 May 2005
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 21 Aug 2001
Surveyed sites on this water
14 shown, newest survey first
MDME31
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 1 Jun 2023
MDME26
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 31 May 2023
MDME15
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 30 May 2023
MDME05
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 9 Oct 2018
MDME02
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 27 Oct 2014
MDME03
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 27 Oct 2014
MDME20
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 May 2013
MDME30
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 19 Apr 2013
MDME22.5
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 18 Apr 2013
MDME25.5
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 18 Apr 2013
MDME28
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 18 Apr 2013
MDME25
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 25 Apr 2006
MDME10
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 24 Apr 2006
MDME17.5
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 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