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Thames · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Cole?

Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 22 surveyed sites on this water, between 1992 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.

  1. RoachRutilus rutilus22 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  2. ChubLeuciscus cephalus20 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  3. GudgeonGobio gobio19 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  4. PerchPerca fluviatilis19 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  5. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus15 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  6. PikeEsox lucius8 siteslatest 20 May 2014
  7. Common breamAbramis brama5 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  8. TenchTinca tinca5 siteslatest 20 May 2004
  9. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta4 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  10. BleakAlburnus alburnus3 siteslatest 24 Jun 2008
  11. European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 27 Jun 1995
  12. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 14 Aug 2018
  13. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2018
  14. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 23 Aug 2012
  15. Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 19 May 1992
  16. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 4 Oct 2000
  17. Golden orfeLeuciscus idus1 sitelatest 14 Aug 2018
  18. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2018
  19. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 19 May 1992
  20. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 14 Aug 2018
  21. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2018

Surveyed sites on this water

22 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