East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
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.
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.
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla24 siteslatest 12 Oct 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus23 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- PikeEsox lucius23 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus22 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula22 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus19 siteslatest 11 Oct 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio18 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio17 siteslatest 26 Jul 2013
- Common breamAbramis brama17 siteslatest 15 Sept 2014
- TenchTinca tinca15 siteslatest 28 Sept 2011
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama13 siteslatest 23 Sept 2023
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus13 siteslatest 18 Sept 2014
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio10 siteslatest 26 Sept 2002
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 13 Oct 2011
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius6 siteslatest 14 Sept 1999
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus5 siteslatest 26 Sept 2002
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus3 siteslatest 18 Sept 2017
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 3 Oct 2017
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 19 Sept 2017
- European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 30 Oct 2017
- BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 20 Oct 2005
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 15 Sept 2023
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 15 Sept 2023
- Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 23 Sept 2008
- Goldfish x common carp hybridCarassius auratus x Cyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 3 Oct 2002
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 2 Apr 1990
- ZanderSander lucioperca1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2002
Surveyed sites on this water
24 shown, newest survey first
Dorewards Hall
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 8 Nov 2023
Pointwell Mill
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 26 Oct 2023
Smallands Hall
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 12 Oct 2023
Braxted FGS
- Survey events
- 20
- Observed taxa
- 21
- Latest survey
- 11 Oct 2023
U/S Braxted Hall
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 7 Oct 2023
Greys Mill
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 4 Oct 2023
Saint Marys Road
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 3 Oct 2023
Stock Hall
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2023
Blue Mills
- Survey events
- 20
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2023
Coggeshall
- Survey events
- 20
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 26 Sept 2023
Kelvedon Coalyard
- Survey events
- 20
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 23 Sept 2023
Rye Mill
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 21 Sept 2023
Bradwell Hall
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 19 Sept 2023
Stisted FGS
- Survey events
- 20
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 15 Sept 2023
U/S Langford Intake
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 2013
Langford
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 9 Oct 2008
D/S Braxted Hall
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 2008
Ashmans Farm
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 19 Sept 2008
Feeringbury Hall
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 15 Sept 2008
Covenbrook Hall
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2008
West Mill
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2008
Bradwell Bridge
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2008
Lyons Hall (River Blackwater)
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2008
Hobbs Meadow
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2008
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