West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Chelt?
Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 20 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 and 2015. 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.
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla15 siteslatest 29 Jul 2014
- BullheadCottus gobio14 siteslatest 23 Jul 2014
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta12 siteslatest 22 Jul 2014
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus10 siteslatest 29 Jul 2014
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus7 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- RoachRutilus rutilus7 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- PerchPerca fluviatilis5 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 29 Jul 2014
- BarbelBarbus barbus4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- BleakAlburnus alburnus4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- European elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
- Common breamAbramis brama2 siteslatest 8 May 2003
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 29 Jul 2014
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 8 May 2003
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 29 Jul 2014
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 8 May 2003
Surveyed sites on this water
20 shown, newest survey first
Fletchers Leap
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2015
Norton Court Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2014
Sandford Park (d/s Keynsham Road Bridge)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2014
Waitrose
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2014
Prior's Norton, habitat scheme
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2013
Uckington
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2013
Uckington concrete section
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2013
Prior's Norton, 20m d/s foot bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 13 May 2008
U/s Dowdeswell Reservoir, d/s culvert
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2003
u/s Dowdeswell Reservoir
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2003
Behind Fire Station (d/s Old Bath rd)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2003
Cox's Meadow
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2003
u/s Bath Road Culvert
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2003
Boddington Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 8 May 2003
Norton Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 8 May 2003
Wainlodes
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 8 May 2003
Pilgrove Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 20 Oct 1998
Arle
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 19 Oct 1998
Top of Cox's Meadow
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 19 Oct 1998
d/s Dowdeswell Reservoir
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 19 Oct 1998
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