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East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Purwell?

Monitoring has recorded 6 species across 4 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 and 2022. 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. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius4 siteslatest 13 Apr 2016
  2. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 27 Apr 2022
  3. BullheadCottus gobio4 siteslatest 27 Apr 2022
  4. PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 26 Mar 2014
  5. RoachRutilus rutilus2 siteslatest 13 Apr 2016
  6. Golden goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 26 Mar 2014

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