East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Blyth (Main Reaches)?
Monitoring has recorded 11 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 and 2016. 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.
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 1 Aug 2016
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 1 Aug 2016
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula6 siteslatest 1 Aug 2016
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 7 Jun 2016
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 7 May 2010
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3 siteslatest 7 Jun 2016
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 12 Sept 2001
- GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 19 May 2010
- PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 7 Jun 2016
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 7 Jun 2016
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 18 May 1995
Surveyed sites on this water
6 shown, newest survey first
Red House Farm
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 1 Aug 2016
Mells Bridge
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 7 Jun 2016
Blyford Sluice
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2001
D/S Cookley Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 18 May 1995
D/S A144 Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 17 May 1995
Water Mill House
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 1994
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