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River Aire fishing evidence · Yorkshire

What fish are in the River Aire (Yorkshire)?

Monitoring has recorded 36 species across 44 surveyed sites on this water, between 1984 and 2026. 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

River Aire (Yorkshire)

EA ecology area
Yorkshire
Waterbody IDs
GB104027062760 · GB104027063031 · GB104027063032 · GB104027063050 · GB104027063100
Catchments
River Aire catchment
02 · Survey breadth

44 sites · 247 events

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

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 1 Jul 2026

Within 2 years
6 sites
3–5 years
1 sites
6–10 years
2 sites
Older
35 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. ChubLeuciscus cephalus32 siteslatest 1 Jul 2026
  2. GudgeonGobio gobio31 siteslatest 29 Jun 2026
  3. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta28 siteslatest 1 Jul 2026
  4. RoachRutilus rutilus28 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  5. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus22 siteslatest 1 Jul 2026
  6. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus21 siteslatest 30 Jun 2026
  7. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus21 siteslatest 30 Jun 2026
  8. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula20 siteslatest 1 Jul 2026
  9. BullheadCottus gobio16 siteslatest 1 Jul 2026
  10. PerchPerca fluviatilis16 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  11. PikeEsox lucius13 siteslatest 16 Aug 2016
  12. GraylingThymallus thymallus9 siteslatest 30 Jun 2026
  13. Common breamAbramis brama6 siteslatest 22 Aug 2017
  14. BarbelBarbus barbus5 siteslatest 30 Sept 2013
  15. BleakAlburnus alburnus4 siteslatest 15 Aug 2024
  16. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae4 siteslatest 11 Oct 2016
  17. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna4 siteslatest 21 Jun 2010
  18. TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2009
  19. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 21 Sept 2000
  20. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 25 Jul 2017
  21. Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 23 Sept 2007
  22. Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 28 Jun 2010
  23. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 24 Jun 2011
  24. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2008
  25. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 18 Jul 2006
  26. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2014
  27. Ghost carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2001
  28. Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 30 Aug 2022
  29. Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 11 Oct 2018
  30. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2004
  31. Orfe / IdeLeuciscus idus1 sitelatest 24 Jun 2008
  32. River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2003
  33. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 14 Sept 2004
  34. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 25 Jun 2009
  35. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 14 Sept 1991
  36. Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 23 Jun 2008

Surveyed sites on this water

44 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
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