Hertfordshire and North London · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Rib?
Monitoring has recorded 23 species across 7 surveyed sites on this water, between 2003 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.
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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta7 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus4 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus3 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 5 Sept 2024
- GraylingThymallus thymallus2 siteslatest 21 Sept 2022
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 6 Sept 2013
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 19 Aug 2010
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula2 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 16 Sept 2014
- BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 27 Jun 2023
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2025
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 3 Oct 2019
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 17 Oct 2017
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 27 Jun 2023
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 21 Oct 2016
- Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 30 Sept 2008
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 12 Sept 2023
Surveyed sites on this water
7 shown, newest survey first
Ford Bridge Braughing
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 2 Oct 2025
Bengeo Hall
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 28 Aug 2025
Westmill Football Ground
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2024
Barwick Ford
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2024
Westmill Trout Farm (Fishing Lakes)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 11 Jun 2024
Latchford flyfishers
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 19 Apr 2022
8 Acre Plantation
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2013
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