East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Alde (Main Reaches)?
Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 5 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 and 2024. 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 leuciscus5 siteslatest 14 May 2024
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 9 May 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 14 May 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 14 May 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 14 May 2024
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus3 siteslatest 26 Jul 2010
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus3 siteslatest 14 Jul 2010
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 5 Nov 1987
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta2 siteslatest 14 May 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 26 Mar 2003
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 5 Jul 2016
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 9 May 2024
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 13 Jun 1991
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 25 Mar 2003
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 9 May 2024
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2010
- SmeltOsmerus eperlanus1 sitelatest 25 Mar 2003
Surveyed sites on this water
5 shown, newest survey first
U/S Farnham Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 14 May 2024
U/S Langham Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 9 May 2024
D/S Benhall Place
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 27 Jun 1995
U/S Blaxhall Railway Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 20 Jun 1995
D/S Langham Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 12 Jun 1995
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