R. Skell
- EA ecology area
- Yorkshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB104027064130 · GB104027064140
- Catchments
- River Ure Tributaries
R. Skell fishing evidence · Yorkshire
What fish are in the R. Skell?
Monitoring has recorded 16 species across 5 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 and 2025. 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.
5 sites · 31 events
16 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 11 Sept 2025
- Within 2 years
- 3 sites
- 3–5 years
- 2 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 0 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta5 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
- GraylingThymallus thymallus4 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar3 siteslatest 7 Jun 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 7 Sept 2022
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 3 Sept 2019
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis2 siteslatest 7 Sept 2022
- PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 29 Aug 2017
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula2 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2022
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 8 Jun 2010
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 7 Jun 2007
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 11 Sept 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 6 Sept 2006
Surveyed sites on this water
5 shown, newest survey first
River Skell (Whitcliffe Lane)
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2025
River Skell, Layby (Grantly)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2025
River Skell (d/s Ripon Bypass)
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 9 Sept 2025
Borrage Green Lane
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2022
downstream Alma Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2022
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