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Yorkshire · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Don catchment?

Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 5 surveyed sites on this water, between 2008 and 2009. 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. PerchPerca fluviatilis5 siteslatest 2 Oct 2009
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 2 Oct 2009
  3. TenchTinca tinca4 siteslatest 2 Oct 2009
  4. Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 20 Jan 2009
  5. Crucian carpCarassius carassius3 siteslatest 2 Oct 2009
  6. Orfe / IdeLeuciscus idus3 siteslatest 2 Oct 2009
  7. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama3 siteslatest 20 Jan 2009
  8. ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 20 Jan 2009
  9. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 20 Jan 2009
  10. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 20 Jan 2009
  11. BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
  12. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 20 Jan 2009
  13. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 4 Nov 2008
  14. Common carp x crucian carp hybridCyprinus carpio x Carassius carassius1 sitelatest 4 Nov 2008
  15. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 20 Jan 2009
  16. Goldfish varietiesCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
  17. GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 2 Oct 2009
  18. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
  19. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
  20. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
  21. Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008

Surveyed sites on this water

5 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