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River Itchen fishing evidence · West Midlands

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

Monitoring has recorded 14 species across 7 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 and 2023. 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 Itchen (West Midlands)

EA ecology area
West Midlands
Waterbody IDs
GB109054044070 · GB109054044110
Catchments
River Severn
02 · Survey breadth

7 sites · 23 events

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

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 17 May 2023

Within 2 years
0 sites
3–5 years
1 sites
6–10 years
0 sites
Older
6 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. PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 8 May 2018
  2. BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  3. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula6 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  4. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  5. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus4 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  6. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  7. ChubLeuciscus cephalus3 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  8. GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  9. PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  10. RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 17 May 2023
  11. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 8 May 2018
  12. Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 23 Sept 2008
  13. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 7 May 2019
  14. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 7 May 2019

Surveyed sites on this water

7 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