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Wessex · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Bourne (Wessex)?

Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 12 surveyed sites on this water, between 1992 and 2025. 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.

  1. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 15 May 2025
  2. ChubLeuciscus cephalus8 siteslatest 21 Sept 2007
  3. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 15 Sept 2005
  4. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 5 Oct 2022
  5. GraylingThymallus thymallus5 siteslatest 15 Oct 2024
  6. RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 18 Jun 2019
  7. PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 15 May 2025
  8. PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 8 Oct 2008
  9. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 15 May 2025
  10. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar2 siteslatest 4 Sept 2018
  11. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 26 May 2016
  12. GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 21 Apr 2004
  13. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2 siteslatest 5 Oct 2022
  14. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 15 Nov 1995
  15. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 18 Jun 2019
  16. Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2007
  17. Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 29 Jul 1992
  18. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 15 Oct 2024
  19. European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 26 Sept 2005
  20. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 15 Oct 2024
  21. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2007

Surveyed sites on this water

12 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