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West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys

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.

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