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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.

  1. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 1 Jun 2023
  2. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
  3. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
  4. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 30 May 2023
  5. ChubLeuciscus cephalus6 siteslatest 24 May 2013
  6. PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 24 May 2013
  7. RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 24 Apr 2006
  8. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 25 Sept 2002
  9. GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 21 Aug 2001
  10. PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 19 May 2005
  11. TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 21 Aug 2001

Surveyed sites on this water

14 shown, newest survey first

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