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Medway - main river fishing evidence · Kent, South London and East Sussex

What fish are in the Medway - main river?

Monitoring has recorded 41 species across 25 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 and 2026. 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.

River evidence passport

Four signals, kept deliberately separate.

The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.

01 · Identity

Medway - main river

EA ecology area
Kent, South London and East Sussex
Waterbody IDs
GB106040018070 · GB106040018181 · GB106040018182 · GB106040018440
Catchments
Medway
02 · Survey breadth

25 sites · 305 events

41 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 18 Jun 2026

Within 2 years
13 sites
3–5 years
0 sites
6–10 years
3 sites
Older
9 sites

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. ChubLeuciscus cephalus22 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  2. GudgeonGobio gobio22 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  3. RoachRutilus rutilus21 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  4. PerchPerca fluviatilis18 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  5. BleakAlburnus alburnus17 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  6. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus17 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  7. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus16 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  8. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula14 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  9. BullheadCottus gobio13 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  10. PikeEsox lucius12 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  11. Common breamAbramis brama11 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  12. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus9 siteslatest 28 May 2025
  13. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta9 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  14. Pike varietiesEsox lucius9 siteslatest 23 Jul 2024
  15. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus9 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
  16. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  17. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna7 siteslatest 25 Jul 2023
  18. TenchTinca tinca7 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  19. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri6 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  20. European eelAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 18 Jul 2023
  21. Freshwater species5 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
  22. GraylingThymallus thymallus5 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  23. Lampetra sp.Lampetra5 siteslatest 30 Sept 2022
  24. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  25. BarbelBarbus barbus4 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  26. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 14 Sept 2022
  27. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 3 Oct 2007
  28. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama3 siteslatest 25 Jul 2023
  29. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
  30. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 14 May 2007
  31. ZanderSander lucioperca2 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  32. Bleak x roach hybridAlburnus alburnus x Rutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2012
  33. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 15 Oct 2025
  34. Dace x bleak hybridLeuciscus leuciscus x Alburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 2 Jul 2015
  35. European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 9 Jun 2022
  36. Golden orfeLeuciscus idus1 sitelatest 7 Aug 2002
  37. Goldfish varietiesCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 7 Aug 2002
  38. Lampetra sp. > ammocoeteLampetra1 sitelatest 1 Oct 2015
  39. Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 6 Sept 2022
  40. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 21 Aug 2019
  41. Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 5 Jun 2007

Surveyed sites on this water

25 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
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