Yorkshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Dearne?
Monitoring has recorded 32 species across 39 surveyed sites on this water, between 1982 and 2026. 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.
- GudgeonGobio gobio24 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta22 siteslatest 17 Jun 2026
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus21 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- RoachRutilus rutilus20 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- PerchPerca fluviatilis19 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus18 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus17 siteslatest 17 Jun 2026
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus16 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- PikeEsox lucius15 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- BarbelBarbus barbus13 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- Common breamAbramis brama13 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- BullheadCottus gobio10 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula10 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus8 siteslatest 13 Aug 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 17 Jun 2013
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
- TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 17 Jun 2022
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio4 siteslatest 22 Jun 2017
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3 siteslatest 14 Aug 2013
- BleakAlburnus alburnus3 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
- GraylingThymallus thymallus3 siteslatest 17 Jun 2026
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 17 Jun 2022
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama3 siteslatest 30 Jun 2008
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 17 Jun 2022
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 20 Jun 2012
- Orfe / IdeLeuciscus idus2 siteslatest 19 Jun 2014
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 19 Jun 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 17 Jun 2015
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2012
- Goldfish x common carp hybridCarassius auratus x Cyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2012
- Goldfish x crucian carp hybridCarassius auratus x Carassius carassius1 sitelatest 19 Jun 2014
- Koi carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2012
Surveyed sites on this water
39 shown, newest survey first
Darfield (expanded 2016)
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 22
- Latest survey
- 2 Jul 2026
meanders u/s Pastures Bridge
- Survey events
- 29
- Observed taxa
- 25
- Latest survey
- 18 Jun 2026
Stairfoot
- Survey events
- 29
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 2026
Pastures Bridge - Fry Survey
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2025
Darton Scout Clubhouse
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2025
Haigh roundabout
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2025
Adwick-on-Dearne
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 2017
Downstream Broomhill bridge
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 2017
Baraugh Bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 2017
d/s Darfield Road Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 28 Jun 2013
D/S Denby Dale
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2012
Pack Horse Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2012
Scisset - (previously JS Auckland Spares)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2012
U/S Denby Dale
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2012
Darfield (Top Weir)
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 2012
Darfield Fish Pass
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 2012
Old Moor upstream site
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2006
Star Paper Mill Weir
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 2004
D/S railway bridge (d/s control)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 19 Jul 1999
Old Moor downstream site
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 14 Jul 1999
Cudworth
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 29 Jun 1999
D/S Lundwood STW
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 29 Jun 1999
Pastures Bridge
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 7 May 1998
Harlington (u/s improvement)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 29 Oct 1997
Broomhill
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 17 Oct 1997
U/S Bretton Lakes
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 19 Sept 1997
Cudworth, u/s railway
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 1997
Above Don confluence
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 29 Sept 1994
D/S Cawthorne Dyke
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 1994
Low Barugh
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 4 Aug 1994
Park Mill
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 4 Aug 1994
Scissett, d/s dairy
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 29 Jul 1994
Scissett, u/s dairy.
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 29 Jul 1994
Darton
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 1991
Parkgate Dyke u/s footbridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 15 Aug 1991
D/S Clayton West STW
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 Jan 1991
U/S Clayton West STW
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 Jan 1991
Bolton-0n-Dearne
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 1988
Near Hoyle Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 1985
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