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Merriott Brook fishing evidence · Wessex

What fish are in the Merriott Brook?

Monitoring has recorded 9 species across 4 surveyed sites on this water, between 2006 and 2018. 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

Merriott Brook

EA ecology area
Wessex
Waterbody IDs
GB108052015290
Catchments
Somerset Area
02 · Survey breadth

4 sites · 7 events

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

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 1 May 2018

Within 2 years
0 sites
3–5 years
0 sites
6–10 years
2 sites
Older
2 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. BullheadCottus gobio4 siteslatest 1 May 2018
  2. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 1 May 2018
  3. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 18 Apr 2012
  4. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 18 Apr 2012
  5. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 18 Apr 2012
  6. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 18 Apr 2012
  7. Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 17 Apr 2012
  8. Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 18 Apr 2012
  9. RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 1 May 2018

Surveyed sites on this water

4 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