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River Blackwater fishing evidence · East Anglia

What fish are in the River Blackwater (East Anglia)?

Monitoring has recorded 32 species across 24 surveyed sites on this water, between 1984 and 2023. 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 Blackwater (East Anglia)

EA ecology area
East Anglia
Waterbody IDs
GB105037041160
Catchments
Blackwater Catchment
02 · Survey breadth

24 sites · 291 events

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

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 8 Nov 2023

Within 2 years
0 sites
3–5 years
14 sites
6–10 years
0 sites
Older
10 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 cephalus24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  2. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla24 siteslatest 12 Oct 2023
  3. GudgeonGobio gobio24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  4. PerchPerca fluviatilis24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  5. RoachRutilus rutilus24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  6. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus23 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  7. PikeEsox lucius23 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  8. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus22 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  9. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula22 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  10. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus19 siteslatest 11 Oct 2023
  11. BullheadCottus gobio18 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  12. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio17 siteslatest 26 Jul 2013
  13. Common breamAbramis brama17 siteslatest 15 Sept 2014
  14. TenchTinca tinca15 siteslatest 28 Sept 2011
  15. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama13 siteslatest 23 Sept 2023
  16. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus13 siteslatest 18 Sept 2014
  17. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  18. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio10 siteslatest 26 Sept 2002
  19. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 13 Oct 2011
  20. Crucian carpCarassius carassius6 siteslatest 14 Sept 1999
  21. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus5 siteslatest 26 Sept 2002
  22. Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus3 siteslatest 18 Sept 2017
  23. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 3 Oct 2017
  24. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 19 Sept 2017
  25. European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 30 Oct 2017
  26. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 20 Oct 2005
  27. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 15 Sept 2023
  28. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 15 Sept 2023
  29. Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 23 Sept 2008
  30. Goldfish x common carp hybridCarassius auratus x Cyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 3 Oct 2002
  31. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 2 Apr 1990
  32. ZanderSander lucioperca1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2002

Surveyed sites on this water

24 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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