Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Cam?
Monitoring has recorded 25 species across 24 surveyed sites on this water, between 1976 and 2024. 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 trutta15 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus12 siteslatest 9 Jul 2019
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla12 siteslatest 21 Jul 2014
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 7 Jun 2022
- BullheadCottus gobio9 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus7 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio6 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 7 Jun 2022
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus4 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 7 Jun 2022
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula4 siteslatest 9 Jul 2019
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 25 May 2016
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus3 siteslatest 14 May 2002
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus3 siteslatest 18 Jul 2024
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 14 May 2002
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 25 May 2016
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 18 Jul 2013
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 15 Oct 1996
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 25 May 2016
- Ghost carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 8 Jun 1989
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 15 Oct 1996
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 8 Jun 1989
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 8 Jun 1989
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 7 Jul 1992
Surveyed sites on this water
24 shown, newest survey first
Bridgehampton
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 18 Jul 2024
Pumping station downstream to Wicksters brook conf
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 7 Jun 2022
River Cam Lister Petter site unculverted section 3
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 Jun 2016
Draycott Mills
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 2014
Middle Mills
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 2014
Cambridge d/s gauging weir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 May 2012
Cambridge, u/s weir
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 24 May 2012
River Cam Section 1
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 20 May 2008
River Cam Section 2
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 20 May 2008
u/s Pumping Station
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 14 May 2002
Wicksters Brooks d/s to Glos Sharpness Canal
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 13 May 2002
Coaley d/s weir u/s WRW
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 13 Sept 2001
Dursley, Yellow Hundred
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2001
Uley, Rockstowes
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2001
Owlpen
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 21 Oct 1996
Draycott Farm
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 1996
Waterend Farm, d/s sewage works
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 1996
old Hopton Court School site
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 1996
Sparkford Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 1994
D/S North Cadbury STW
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 22 Jun 1994
Sandbrook Lane, North Cadbury
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 Mar 1994
Wales Bridge, Wales
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 15 Mar 1994
Frog Lane, West Camel
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 29 Sept 1993
Halmore Mills, Coaley u/s weir, u/s WRW
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 27 Jul 1992
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