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River Dove fishing evidence · West Midlands

What fish are in the River Dove (West Midlands)?

Monitoring has recorded 37 species across 34 surveyed sites on this water, between 1983 and 2025. 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.

River evidence passport

Four signals, kept deliberately separate.

The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.

01 · Identity

River Dove (West Midlands)

EA ecology area
West Midlands
Waterbody IDs
GB104027057480 · GB104027057510 · GB104027064100 · GB104027068190 · GB104027068260 · GB104028047370 · +3 more
Catchments
RIVER TRENT · River Dearne catchment · River Derwent (Yorkshire) tributaries
02 · Survey breadth

34 sites · 128 events

37 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 9 Sept 2025

Within 2 years
2 sites
3–5 years
4 sites
6–10 years
6 sites
Older
22 sites

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. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta31 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  2. BullheadCottus gobio22 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  3. GraylingThymallus thymallus22 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  4. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus12 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
  5. ChubLeuciscus cephalus11 siteslatest 16 May 2019
  6. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri10 siteslatest 4 Sept 2023
  7. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula10 siteslatest 16 May 2019
  8. PerchPerca fluviatilis9 siteslatest 16 May 2019
  9. RoachRutilus rutilus9 siteslatest 22 Jun 2011
  10. GudgeonGobio gobio8 siteslatest 16 May 2019
  11. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus8 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
  12. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri7 siteslatest 8 Aug 2013
  13. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri7 siteslatest 4 Sept 2023
  14. PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 16 May 2019
  15. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 16 Sept 2024
  16. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus5 siteslatest 20 Jun 2017
  17. BarbelBarbus barbus5 siteslatest 16 May 2019
  18. Lampetra sp.Lampetra4 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
  19. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar3 siteslatest 14 May 2008
  20. Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2013
  21. European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2013
  22. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae3 siteslatest 19 Sept 2019
  23. Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae3 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  24. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 4 Oct 2007
  25. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 8 Sept 2009
  26. River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 3 Oct 2013
  27. River lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 3 Oct 2013
  28. BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 4 May 2006
  29. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 8 Sept 2009
  30. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 3 Aug 2006
  31. Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2008
  32. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 4 Jul 2006
  33. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 19 Sept 2008
  34. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 19 Sept 2008
  35. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2007
  36. Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 11 Jun 2013
  37. TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 13 May 1983

Surveyed sites on this water

34 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
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