West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Frome (West Midlands)?
Monitoring has recorded 38 species across 27 surveyed sites on this water, between 1978 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.
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 trutta25 siteslatest 3 Sept 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla18 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus15 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio13 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus12 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
- PikeEsox lucius10 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- Common breamAbramis brama9 siteslatest 1 Sept 2022
- PerchPerca fluviatilis8 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 31 Aug 2022
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae7 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri6 siteslatest 7 Sept 2011
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 14 Sept 2011
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio5 siteslatest 1 Sept 2022
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius5 siteslatest 2 Sept 2015
- European elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae4 siteslatest 1 Sept 2022
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus3 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama3 siteslatest 9 Sept 2016
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar2 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 13 Aug 2009
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 13 Jan 2004
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra2 siteslatest 25 Aug 2022
- River lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 7 Sept 2018
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 18 Sept 2014
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula2 siteslatest 7 Sept 2018
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 7 Sept 2018
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 12 Sept 2007
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2018
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 12 Sept 2017
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 12 Oct 1989
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 30 Jul 1997
- River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2014
- River lamprey ammocoetesLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2006
- Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2016
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2018
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2024
Surveyed sites on this water
27 shown, newest survey first
Hope Mill Park
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2025
Ryeford
- Survey events
- 23
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2025
d/s Sharpness Canal
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 30
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2024
Churchend, North Arm
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 18 Aug 2023
Chalford
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 17 Aug 2023
Bullbanks
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2023
Edgeworth Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2023
Millend
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2017
U/S Ebley Mill
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 2008
Snow Business
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2007
Capel Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 20 Oct 2006
Brimscombe Port Industrial Estate
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 19 Oct 2006
D/S Brimscombe Hill Road Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 19 Oct 2006
Eastington, Church End
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 31 Aug 2006
D/s Eastington Trading Estate
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 30 Aug 2006
Eastington, d/s bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 29 Sept 2005
Stratford Park Stroud
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 13 Jan 2004
Rehabilitation site
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2003
U/S Whitminster Weir
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2003
Thrupp
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2002
Eastington, u/s MMB
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 20 May 1997
U/S Stanley Downton, Eastington
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 20 May 1997
Cainscross
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 19 May 1997
Miserden
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 19 May 1997
Eastington, d/s Stanley Downton
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 30 Oct 1996
Eastington
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 5 Nov 1991
Frome Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 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