Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the R.Bain?
Monitoring has recorded 29 species across 19 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 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.
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus17 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus16 siteslatest 13 Jun 2023
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta15 siteslatest 13 Jun 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus15 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
- PikeEsox lucius15 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio14 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 11 Apr 2017
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula14 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis13 siteslatest 13 Jun 2023
- Common breamAbramis brama11 siteslatest 7 May 1997
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus9 siteslatest 13 Jun 2023
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 11 Apr 2017
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama8 siteslatest 12 Jun 2023
- TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 5 May 2011
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 7 Apr 2014
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus5 siteslatest 14 Aug 1998
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri4 siteslatest 7 Apr 2005
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss4 siteslatest 29 Mar 1994
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 11 Apr 2017
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 14 Aug 1998
- BleakAlburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 17 Aug 1988
- River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 23 Mar 1994
- Spined loachCobitis taenia2 siteslatest 11 Apr 2012
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 15 May 1997
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 24 Apr 1997
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 23 May 2012
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 25 May 1994
- Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 11 Apr 2012
Surveyed sites on this water
19 shown, newest survey first
Thornton Lock
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 14 Jun 2023
Dalderby
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 13 Jun 2023
Market Bridge (Roman Road)
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 12 Jun 2023
Hemingby Road Bridge
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 10 Apr 2017
Shearmans Wath
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 21 Mar 2016
Donington on Bain U/S Road Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 20 Oct 2015
Biscathorpe Ford
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 8 Oct 2014
Grimblethorpe
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 8 Oct 2014
Donington On Bain Bridge
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 28 Feb 2013
Donington on Bain Weir Pool
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 28 Feb 2013
Donington on Bain U/S Mill pool
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 7 Nov 2012
Coningsby Airfield
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 14 Aug 1998
The Pingle
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 15 May 1997
Harveys Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 13 May 1997
Kirkby On Bain
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 8 May 1997
Tumby Lawn
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 8 May 1997
Horncastle Town
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 2 May 1997
Market Stainton Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 29 Apr 1997
Swimming Pool Horncastle
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 28 Apr 1988
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