Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Goyt?
Monitoring has recorded 25 species across 27 surveyed sites on this water, between 1994 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 trutta26 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio18 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- GraylingThymallus thymallus17 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula10 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri9 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar7 siteslatest 4 Sept 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus7 siteslatest 6 Jul 2011
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri6 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio6 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus6 siteslatest 1 Sept 2008
- BarbelBarbus barbus5 siteslatest 17 Aug 2009
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss5 siteslatest 11 Aug 2009
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 18 Aug 2005
- European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 20 Jun 2013
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 15 May 2002
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 12 Sept 2007
- PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 8 Aug 2005
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2025
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 6 Jul 2004
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 7 Jun 2011
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 18 Jul 1994
Surveyed sites on this water
27 shown, newest survey first
GYGO17
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2025
GYGO25
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2025
GYGO16
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 2025
GYGO20
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 2025
GYGO13
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2025
GYGO14
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2025
GYGO05
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2025
GYGO07
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2025
GYGO10
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 9 Jul 2025
GYGO06
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2025
GYGO04
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 2025
GO02
- Survey events
- 26
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 2025
GO03
- Survey events
- 26
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 2025
GYWB01
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 12 Jun 2025
GYGO03
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2022
GYGO30
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 2011
GYGO20b
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 2009
GYGO15
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2009
GYGO20a
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 5 Oct 2007
GYGO30a
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 5 Oct 2007
GYGO05.5
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 21 Nov 2006
GYGO29
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 15 Aug 2006
GYGO24
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2002
GO08
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 15 Sept 1998
GO10
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 15 Sept 1998
GO07
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 1998
GO13
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 29 Jan 1998
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