North East · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Aln?
Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 39 surveyed sites on this water, between 1993 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.
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 trutta39 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar30 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
- European eelAnguilla anguilla25 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula23 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae22 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus20 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
- River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis19 siteslatest 19 Sept 2012
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus17 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
- River lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra fluviatilis7 siteslatest 11 Jul 2013
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra4 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
- Brown / sea trout x salmon hybridSalmo trutta x Salmo salar1 sitelatest 4 Aug 2017
- BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 14 Sept 2012
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 4 Aug 2017
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 7 Oct 2013
Surveyed sites on this water
39 shown, newest survey first
Edlingham Burn at Battle Bridge
- Survey events
- 24
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2026
Eglingham Burn at Shipley
- Survey events
- 24
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2026
River Aln at Bolton Mill
- Survey events
- 23
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2026
River Aln at Lady's Well
- Survey events
- 25
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2026
Cawledge Burn
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 16 Jul 2024
Cawledge Burn site #2
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 16 Jul 2024
Denwick Burn
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2024
Denwick Burn at Golden Moor Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2024
Shipley Burn
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2024
Shipley burn at Aln Confluence
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2024
Titlington burn
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2024
Cawledge Burn, Rugley Wood
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 2024
River Aln at Old Hawkhill Ford
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 2024
Glen aln Burn
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 1 Jul 2024
River Aln at Abberwick Ford
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 1 Jul 2024
River Aln at Abberwick Mill.
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Jul 2024
Edlingham Burn
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2024
Edlingham Burn at Lemmington
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2024
Shawdon Burn
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2024
Coe Burn
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2024
Coe Burn caravan park
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2024
River Aln at Bridge of Aln
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2024
River Aln at Whittingham
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2024
Swine Burn, Thrunton Mill.
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2024
Callally Burn at Whittingham
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 2024
Callally Burn, callally mill
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 2024
River Aln U/S of Whittingham Ford
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 2024
Coe Burn at Low Broome Park
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 2 Jul 2019
Edlingham Burn at Bannermoor
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 14 Sept 2015
River Aln at Hulne Priory
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 2014
River Aln at Little Ryle
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2014
Aln at Bridge End
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 2012
River Aln at Hulne Park
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 26 Sept 2008
River Aln at Filberthaugh
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 26 Aug 2008
Coe Burn at Brickworks
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2005
River Aln at Lesbury
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2005
Coe Burn at Low LearChild
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 14 Jul 2005
Shipley Burn B6346 Road Bge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2002
River Aln at Alndyke
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 1993
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