Cumbria and Lancashire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Cocker?
Monitoring has recorded 5 species across 22 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta21 siteslatest 7 Aug 2023
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar19 siteslatest 10 Jul 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla17 siteslatest 7 Aug 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla15 siteslatest 13 Aug 2014
- European elversAnguilla anguilla15 siteslatest 7 Jul 2023
Surveyed sites on this water
22 shown, newest survey first
Tom Rudd Beck, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 7 Aug 2023
Bitter Beck, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 7 Aug 2023
Honister Pass, Gaitsgarthdale Beck
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 10 Jul 2023
Broughton Beck, River Derwent
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 7 Jul 2023
Crookhall Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 2014
Hole of Ellel Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 2014
Nuthurst Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 2014
DS Buttermere, Buttermere Dubs
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2013
Sail Beck, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2013
Low Stanger Farm, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2013
DS Jubille Bridge d/s Footbridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2013
Redhow, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2013
DS Lorton Road Bridge, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2013
Nr Sewage Works, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2013
High Rogerscale, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2013
DS Southwaite Road Bridge, R Cocker
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 23 Jul 2013
DS Crummock Water, R Cocker
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2013
DS from weir at Scales car park, R Cocker
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2013
Cornhow, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2013
DS of Jubilee Bridge, River Cocker
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2010
DS Lorton road bridge, R Cocker
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 2006
Nr Sewage Treatment Works, R. Cocker
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 19 Aug 2005
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